maxmind db not exist or readable

[unizhu]

hey ,

I tried to use

$geoip = new GeoIP([
            'driver' => 'maxmind',
            'maxmind' => [
                'database' => public_path('geoip/geoip.mmdb'),
            ],
 ]);

and Laravel returns

The file "/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb" does not exist or is not readable.
 in Reader.php line 46
at Reader->__construct('/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb') in Reader.php line 52
at Reader->__construct('/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb') in MaxmindDriver.php line 116
at MaxmindDriver->createDatabase() in MaxmindDriver.php line 72
at MaxmindDriver->create() in MaxmindDriver.php line 25
at MaxmindDriver->__construct(array('database' => '/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb')) in GeoIPManager.php line 70
at GeoIPManager->createMaxmindDriver(array('database' => '/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb')) in GeoIPManager.php line 40
at GeoIPManager->getDriver() in GeoIP.php line 34
at GeoIP->__construct(array('driver' => 'maxmind', 'maxmind' => array('database' => '/var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb'))) in TimeslotController.php line 314

However , the db exists and readable:

ls -la /var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 apache apache 32415987 Jul  8 19:50 /var/www/html/test/public/geoip/geoip.mmdb

[pulkitjalan]

very strange, maybe trying running the update command to update the database file

[pulkitjalan]

Also can you check the exception type. A PulkitJalan\GeoIP\Exceptions\InvalidDatabaseException is thrown if the database is corrupt or invalid. If it is this one then again running the update command should fix it.

[unizhu]

@pulkitjalan Thanks.
I think it's maybe another program https://github.com/Torann/laravel-geoip has changed the database , so when I remove it from composer.json and start to use pulkitjalan\geoip , pulkitjalan\geoip cannot read this file properly .
my solution is re-download the database from geolite.maxmind.com , replace the database and pulkitjalan\geoip works!

suggestion: maybe you can add some validations and throw the database formatting exception rather than file not found or try to update the database automatically :)

[pulkitjalan]

great thanks, yea will see about improving it.