get user location

[Billy T]

Hey all

I'm looking for a way to get the users location using php

I can get their IP and country but have not found a good (preferably free) way of finding their town or city

Also, is it possible to do a whois search using php?

Thanks

[CyanBlue]

I'm sure you've checked out this one already... :)

IP2Location
$199 for the database(abit expensive, I think)
http://www.ip2location.com/

[petefs]

http://pear.php.net/ has a geographical IP lookup package available -- and it's free ^_^

[Billy T]

looks like the pear package requires the purchase of a database as well (to look up cities anyway)

Thank you both

[freddycodes]

You are probably not going to find a free service to do that. BUt there are some cool pay services. Not too bad. If your client is paying.

http://www.geomonster.com/Products/WebServices_IPServe.aspx

[freddycodes]

Also the problem is most of the time the IP address look ups are entirely accurate to a city level.

[Billy T]

thanks freddy. that service does not seem to supply city info - am I missing something? Also did you mean 'not entirely accurate'? ;)