yii-geoip
Yii Module to allow for easy usage of the MaxMind Free dbs.
Installation of the component:
- Extract the release file under
protected/extensions - Change main.php configuration file 'components' => array( ... 'geoip' => array( 'class' => 'application.extensions.geoip.CGeoIP', // specify filename location for the corresponding database 'filename' => 'C:\path\to\GeoIP\GeoLiteCity.dat', // Choose MEMORY_CACHE or STANDARD mode 'mode' => 'STANDARD', ), ... ),
Usage instructions: All methods accept an IP address as an argument. If no argument is supplied CHttpRequest::getUserHostAddress() is used.
$location = Yii::app()->geoip->lookupLocation(); $countryCode = Yii::app()->geoip->lookupCountryCode(); $countryName = Yii::app()->geoip->lookupCountryName(); $org = Yii::app()->geoip->lookupOrg(); $regionCode = Yii::app()->geoip->lookupRegion();
Location attributes: $location->countryCode $location->countryCode3 $location->countryName $location->region $location->regionName $location->city $location->postalCode $location->latitude $location->longitude $location->areaCode $location->dmaCode
How to update Maxmind Free DBs example: #updateGeoIP.sh #this script will only download if there is a new version of the database cd /usr/local/share/GeoIP wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz wget -N -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPv6.dat.gz
gunzip -c GeoLiteCity.dat.gz > GeoLiteCity.dat gunzip -c GeoIP.dat.gz > GeoIP.dat gunzip -c GeoIPv6.dat.gz > GeoIPv6.dat
#Setup a cron job to run this script monthly.