Feature-Request: Geolocation

[mariemchtourou]

Hi!
I wanted to know if you included a way to get geolocation without JS. I am using Symfony and I want to get my current location on my controller.
Thank you!

[bresam]

Hi!
This package includes features around the Google API and Google Maps. According to my information Google does not offer geo-location tracking by IP address so I would not implement this in this package.
If I am wrong on this, I am open for further inputs and would put this on the road map accordingly.

Please let me know your thoughts.

[mariemchtourou]

I only saw this documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/geolocation
But, it's in JS and I want to add it to my controller. Do you have a way around it?

[bresam]

As they refer in the docs what geolocation is and how it works, it's only possible on client side to get detailed geolocation informations:

W3C Geolocation standard
Applications that want to perform geolocation must support the W3C Geolocation standard. Notice that the sample code above determines the user's location through the W3C navigator.geolocation property.

Some browsers use IP addresses to detect a user's location. However, it may only provide a rough estimate of a user's location. The W3C approach is the easiest and most fully-supported so it should be prioritized over other geolocation methods.

If you want to do this from server side, you have to use an API like ipstack.
Such a function wont be supported by this package because it is off-topic.

Is this answer fine for you?

[mariemchtourou]

All good!
Thank you so much for your hard work!

[bresam]

Thank you.