To install this bundle please follow the next steps:
First add the dependency to your composer.json
file:
"require": {
...
"raindrop/geoip-bundle": "dev-master"
},
Then install the bundle with the command:
php composer.phar update
Enable the bundle in your application kernel:
<?php
// app/AppKernel.php
public function registerBundles()
{
$bundles = array(
// ...
new Raindrop\GeoipBundle\RaindropGeoipBundle(),
);
}
Now the bundle is enabled.
This bundle use Maxmind1 data source file (in '.dat' format).
You can get the Maxmind data source file simply executing this command:
php app/console raindrop:geoip:update-data %url-data-source%
Replace %url-data-source% with the url of the needed data source. ex: http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
Now can use the Raindrop GeoIp Bundle everywhere in your Symfony2 application.
You can lookup an IP address with:
$geoip = $this->get('raindrop.geoip')->lookup(%IP_ADDR%);
and these are the available methods:
$geoip->getCountryCode();
$geoip->getCountryCode3();
$geoip->getCountryName();
$geoip->getRegion();
$geoip->getCity();
$geoip->getPostalCode();
$geoip->getLatitude();
$geoip->getLongitude();
$geoip->getAreaCode();
$geoip->getMetroCode();
$geoip->getContinentCode();
This library is an import of Maxmind GeoIp Free Library.