https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1034860 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/serverside-scripting/iptocountry-converter-php-script#comment-1202366 <p>What about just calling <strong>whois <em>{ip address}</em></strong> from PHP and grabbing the country code. </p> <p>At least on my server, when I do a <strong>whois 130.101.206.49</strong>, I get the following (I just posted the first section)<br /> <div class="codeblock"><code>OrgName:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University of Akron<br />OrgID:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UNIVER-97<br />Address:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Computer Center<br />Address:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 185 Carroll St<br />City:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Akron<br />StateProv:&nbsp; OH<br />PostalCode: 44325-3501<br />Country:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; US</code></div>'<br /> All the tests I just did came back with this format, so I should be able to just go grab the line that starts with COUNTRY:</p> <p>If you need help on how to do this, let me know.</p> <p>-Greg</p> Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:16:38 +0000 Greg K comment 1202366 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net