Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/09/07 21:19

esoterik wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:32:18 +0000, Rob wrote:
>
>> Just wondering how sites capture a visitor's IP address and how this is
>> done in PHP?
>
>
> any ideas how the ip address is resolved to a zipcode/location without
> using one of the commercial lists?
>

Nope, and even then it is not accurate. For instance, all AOL users
show as coming from Virginia. And when I'm on my dialup account from
MD, it shows I'm coming from NY.

You can get a state (or, as in the case of the Washington, DC area, a
metro area) in maybe 70-90% of the cases. But the more accurate you try
to narrow it down, the less accurate your location will be.


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