Get U.S. state from IP address

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is there a good PHP geolocation service?

Is it possible to determine which state a visitor to a web page is from based on their IP address? I know you can get this data (and relative location data) from searching their IP addresses using the various WHOIS tools out there, but I'm not sure how I would achieve this on a single web page. I want to display some contextual information to visors on my site.

see also [How to do a geoip lookup in php?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6499145/how-to-do-a-geoip-lookup-in-php/) — Steve Robbins, Jun 28 '11 at 17:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '11 at 17:28

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You can install the GeoIP extension.

answered Jun 28 '11 at 17:28

Alex Howansky

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Thanks, this looks just like what I need! – bccarlso Jun 28 '11 at 17:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '11 at 17:31

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You can use Maxmind's PHP API for Geo IP lookup with their GeoLiteCity free database.

answered Jun 28 '11 at 17:31

anubhava

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Get U.S. state from IP address

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