Re: [PHP] How to find out what country the visitor comes from

The way Google determines what language to use is by checking the Accept-Language header which is added by your browser. The value of this request header is stored automatically in the $_SERVER array. Check with phpinfo() or print_r($_SERVER); Although IP may be more reliable to determine the

Re: [PHP] How to find out what country the visitor comes from

One you have the IP you need to do a whois on the RIPE database to work out who the IP is assigned to and which country they are in. -- Jon Farmer Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel 01952 428969 PGP Key available, send email with subject: Send PGP Key - Original Message - From

Re: [PHP] How to find out what country the visitor comes from

Hi: SED wrote: > > I'm trying to find out what country the visitor comes from to offer them > suitable language > $HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR > or > gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR) Domain names and IP's are NOT the way to go. Way to unreliable. Use the HTTP header HTTP_ACCEPT_