Country name from php

Question

How to get country name from an Ip address using Php with out using a commercial GeoIP Region Edition. Please does any one help me?

Answer 1

I don't think you can do it simply using PHP, but I have found a free API solution that you can use. It requires simple post and response. http://www.hostip.info/use.html

example post: http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=12.215.42.19

example response: Country: UNITED STATES (US) City: Sugar Grove, IL