How to get the surfers country using PHP? Most coders need to tackle this problem sooner or later. There are several options out there. There is even a package called GeoIP Location. However, since this does not come with most default installations, it may not be your best choice.
A company called Maxmind specializes in professional GeoIP solutions. However, when you dig through their website, you can find that they also provide some free databases and free code. I will show you how to use this free stuff in a portable way to easily and quickly add an Ip to Country lookup feature to your PHP script in 2 easy steps.