Maxmind GeoIp Library

To install this library please follow the next steps:

First add the dependencie to your composer.json file:

"require": {
    ...
    "maxmind/geoip": "dev-master"
},

Then install the bundle with the command:

php composer update

Enable the bundle in your application kernel:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new Maxmind\Bundle\GeoipBundle\MaxmindGeoipBundle(),
    );
}

Now the library is installed.

To get the maxmind data source file (in '.dat' format), you can choose between one of the two following purposed methods:

You can go on the maxmind free download data page: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite And get the needed version. Then you have to unzip the downloaded file in the data directory located in 'vendor/maxmind/geoip/data'.

Or you can simply execute this command:

php app/console maxmind: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 Maxmind GeoIp Library everywhere in your Symfony2 application.

The following exemples are available if you are in a controller

$geoip = $this->get('maxmind.geoip')->lookup(%IP_ADDR%);

$geoip->getCountryCode();
$geoip->getCountryCode3();
$geoip->getCountryName();
$geoip->getRegion();
$geoip->getCity();
$geoip->getPostalCode();
$geoip->getLatitude();
$geoip->getLongitude();
$geoip->getAreaCode();
$geoip->getMetroCode();
$geoip->getContinentCode();

You can add a demo route in your 'routing_dev' to get an exemple on how this bundle work for exemple:

_maxmind_geoip:
    resource: "@MaxmindGeoipBundle/Controller/DemoController.php"
    type:     annotation
    prefix:   /demo

Get a lookup at /demo/geoip

This library is an import of Maxmind GeoIp Free Library, you can find at http://www.maxmind.com/