Re: Based on IP address change the info of a site

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Based on IP address change the info of a site

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Re: Based on IP address change the info of a site

May 14th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Suhacini

Hi,
Can I change the information of a site depending on ip address.

For example:
I have different folders for each geographic location, say for USA it should show a different site, for UK it should show a different site, like wise depending on the IP address it should go to that particular folder or index file.

Is tht possible using php?

There are two ways of doing this. One is to buy the MaxMind database, another is to do whois calls using a socket (not through their web interface!) and cache the netblock results so you don't hammer whois and get yourself banned.

-r