Get User Geographical Location in Laravel
In this short article, we’re going to learn how to get user location in Laravel. Let’s get started:
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Install Package
We’ll use laravel-geoip package. Install the package using this command:
composer require torann/geoipIf you are using Laravel 5.4 or older version, you need to register the service provider with the application. Open up config/app.php and find the providers key.
'providers' => [
......
\Torann\GeoIP\GeoIPServiceProvider::class,
]This package also comes with an optional facade, which provides an easy way to call the the class. Open up config/app.php and find the aliases key.
'aliases' => [
......
'GeoIP' => \Torann\GeoIP\Facades\GeoIP::class,
];Publish the Configurations
Run this on the command line from the root of your project:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Torann\GeoIP\GeoIPServiceProvider" --tag=config
A configuration file will be publish to config/geoip.php. Open the config file and replace:
'cache_tags' => ['torann-geoip-location'],With:
'cache_tags' => [],Get Location
Simply use this helper method to get the user location:
$location = geoip("IP_ADDRESS");
dd($location);Get current user location:
$location = geoip(request()->ip());
dd($location);Here’s the example location object:
Torann\GeoIP\Location {#323 ▼
#attributes: array:14 [▼
"ip" => "127.0.0.0"
"iso_code" => "US"
"country" => "United States"
"city" => "New Haven"
"state" => "CT"
"state_name" => "Connecticut"
"postal_code" => "06510"
"lat" => 41.31
"lon" => -72.92
"timezone" => "America/New_York"
"continent" => "NA"
"currency" => "USD"
"default" => true
"cached" => false
]
}Read this doc to know more about this package.
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