In this short article, we’re going to learn how to get user location in Laravel. Let’s get started:

Table of Contents

1. Install Package
2. Publish the Configurations
3. Get Location

Install Package

We’ll use laravel-geoip package. Install the package using this command:

composer require torann/geoip

If 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.