Rasher's Toolbox

mixed im_status(string host) -- Attempt to geolocate a host, using the hostip.info service

Description

This function will attempt to find the geographical location of a host. If successful, the function will return an array with the following elements:

ip - IP of the host
host - Hostname of the host (may be identical to ip)
cc - 2-letter country code
country - Country of host
city - City of host
latitude - Coordinates of host (latitude)
longitude - Coordinates of host (longitude)

City, longitude and latitude may not be present. false is returned if the host cannot be looked up.

Example

<?php $location = ipinfo('rasher.dk'); echo $location['country']; ?>

This will output:

Danmark

Source


<?php
function ipinfo($host) {
    $return = array();
    if (preg_match('/[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}/', $host)) {
        $ip = $host;
    }
    else {
        $ip = gethostbyname($host);
        if ($ip == $host) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    $return['ip'] = $ip;
    $return['hostname'] = gethostbyaddr($ip);
    $lookup = @file("http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$ip&position=true");
    if ($lookup === false) {
        return false;
    }
    $country = ucfirst(strtolower(substr($lookup[0], 9, -6)));
    $cc = strtolower(substr($lookup[0], -4, 2));
    if ($cc != 'xx') {
        $return['country'] = $country;
        $return['cc'] = $cc;
        if (trim($lookup[1]) != "City: (Unknown city)") {
            $return['city'] = substr(trim($lookup[1]), 6);
        }
        if (trim($lookup[2]) != "Latitude:") {
            $return['latitude']  = substr(trim($lookup[2]), 10);
            $return['longitude'] = substr(trim($lookup[3]), 11);
        }
    }        
    else {
        return false;
    }
    return $return;
}
?>