PHP ActiveX

geo.ipify.org IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the geo.ipify.org REST API. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Lookup an IPv4 address: 8.8.8.8
$jsonStr = $http->quickGetStr('https://geo.ipify.org/api/v1?apiKey=API_KEY&ipAddress=8.8.8.8');
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
$success = $json->Load($jsonStr);

print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Sample output:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//   "ip": "8.8.8.8",
//   "location": {
//     "country": "IT",
//     "region": "Lombardy",
//     "city": "Milan",
//     "lat": 45.4707,
//     "lng": 9.1889,
//     "postalCode": "20147",
//     "timezone": "+02:00"
//   }
// }

$ip = $json->stringOf('ip');
$locationCountry = $json->stringOf('location.country');
$locationRegion = $json->stringOf('location.region');
$locationCity = $json->stringOf('location.city');
$locationLat = $json->stringOf('location.lat');
$locationLng = $json->stringOf('location.lng');
$locationPostalCode = $json->stringOf('location.postalCode');
$locationTimezone = $json->stringOf('location.timezone');

?>