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To make GeoIP work on PHP ( all the functions in http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php ), php5-geoip and GeoCityLite.dat must be installed.
This should output your IP address and two-letter country code X.X.X.X, CC. See PHP manual for more functions http://php.net/manual/en/ref.geoip.php like city or ISP.
Some websites have wrong instructions advising you to download GeoCityLite.dat to /usr/share/GeoIP - wrong, it should be /usr/local/share/GeoIP
# apt-get install php5-geoip# mkdir /usr/local/share/GeoIP# cd /usr/share/local/GeoIP# wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz# gunzip GeoLiteCity.dat.gz# service apache2 restartIt should work, from now on you should be able to use PHP Geo IP functions, be ware that if you test it from localhost, your IP will be 192.168..., upload your script to server first.
<?php $ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];echo"$ip_address, ";$ip_country = geoip_country_code_by_name ($ip_address);echo"$ip_country";?>
