Determine Web Visitors Country of Origin in the Drop Down List using PHP and MYSQL

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With the emergence of online technologies such as the Internet, people and businesses have
increased their reliance and use of these mediums as an avenue for commerce as it can be more
convenient. During the transaction online, there are times when it is important to preset the web
visitor's country of origin, ZIP code, ISP and domain name at the drop down list to prevent fraud and
to ease the complexity of registration task. This article shows you how by using PHP and MYSQL
Technology, it can be done.

Let us take a simple example of a user login from Canada and he needs to fill up a shopping cart. The
form may be quite complex as some businesses need more information to prevent fraud. In this
case, there are needs to preset certain info in the drop down list such as country of origin, ZIP code,
IP and domain name of where the users login. As a result, the drop down list in this example will
preset to Canada, with the correct zip code and IP address.

In this tutorial, we use the IP2Location™ IP-Country database to lookup country of origin from the
visitor's IP address. The full version of IP-Country database is available for subscription at $49/year
from http://www.ip2location.com. If you have the full version of IP2Location™ IP-Country
database, the import process is easier by using the LOAD DATA feature available in MYSQL.

PC:

mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE "/IPCountry.csv" INTO TABLE IPCountry FIELDS TERMINATED BY
',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

Linux/Unix:

mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE "/IPCountry.csv" INTO TABLE IPCountry FIELDS TERMINATED BY
',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';

Sample Codes in PHP and MYSQL

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<select name="country">
<?php
// Replace this MYSQL server variables with actual configuration
$mysql_server = "mysql_server.com";
$mysql_user_name = "UserName";
$mysql_user_pass = "Password";
// Retrieve visitor IP address from server variable REMOTE_ADDR
$ipaddress = getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
// Convert IP address to IP number for querying database
$ipno = Dot2LongIP($ipaddress);
// Connect to the database server
$link = mysql_connect($mysql_server, $mysql_user_name, $mysql_user_pass) or
die("Could not connect to MySQL database");
// Connect to the IP2Location database
mysql_select_db("IP2Location") or die("Could not select database");

// SQL query string to match the recordset that the IP number fall between the valid
range
$query = "SELECT * FROM IPCountry WHERE $ipno < = ipTO AND $ipno>=ipFROM";
// Execute SQL query
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("IP2Location Query Failed");

// Retrieve the recordset (only one)

$row = mysql_fetch_object($result);

// Keep the country information into two different variables

$countrySHORT = $row->countrySHORT;
$countryLONG = $row->countryLONG;

// Free recordset and close database connection

mysql_free_result($result); mysql_close($link);

// If the visitors are from JP, redirect them to JP site

if ($countrySHORT != "-")
{
echo "

$countryLONG \n";
}
// Function to convert IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) to IP number (0 to 256^4-1)
function Dot2LongIP ($IPaddr) {
if ($IPaddr == "")
{
return 0;
} else {
$ips = split ("\.", "$IPaddr");
return ($ips[3] + $ips[2] * 256 + $ips[1] * 256 * 256 + $ips[0] * 256 * 256 * 256);
}
}
?>
<option value="AF">AFGHANISTAN</option>
<option value="AL">ALBANIA</option>
<option value="DZ">ALGERIA</option>
<option value="AS">AMERICAN SAMOA</option>
<option value="AD">ANDORRA</option>
<option value="AO">ANGOLA</option>
<option value="AI">ANGUILLA</option>
<option value="AQ">ANTARCTICA</option>
<option value="AG">ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA</option>
<option value="AR">ARGENTINA</option>
<option value="AM">ARMENIA</option>
<option value="AW">ARUBA</option>
<option value="AP">ASIA PACIFIC</option>
<option value="AU">AUSTRALIA</option>
<option value="AT">AUSTRIA</option>
<option value="AZ">AZERBAIJAN</option>
<option value="BS">BAHAMAS</option>
<option value="BH">BAHRAIN</option>
<option value="BD">BANGLADESH</option>
<option value="BB">BARBADOS</option>
<option value="BY">BELARUS</option>
<option value="BE">BELGIUM</option>
<option value="BZ">BELIZE</option>
<option value="BJ">BENIN</option>
<option value="BM">BERMUDA</option>
<option value="BT">BHUTAN</option>
<option value="BO">BOLIVIA</option>
<option value="BA">BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA</option>
<option value="BW">BOTSWANA</option>
<option value="BV">BOUVET ISLAND</option>
<option value="BR">BRAZIL</option>
<option value="IO">BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY</option>
<option value="BN">BRUNEI DARUSSALAM</option>
<option value="BG">BULGARIA</option>
<option value="BF">BURKINA FASO</option>
<option value="BI">BURUNDI</option>
<option value="KH">CAMBODIA</option>
<option value="CM">CAMEROON</option>
<option value="CA">CANADA</option>
<option value="CV">CAPE VERDE</option>
<option value="KY">CAYMAN ISLANDS</option>
<option value="CF">CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC</option>
<option value="TD">CHAD</option>
<option value="CL">CHILE</option>
<option value="CN">CHINA</option>
<option value="CX">CHRISTMAS ISLAND</option>
<option value="CC">COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS</option>
<option value="CO">COLOMBIA</option>
<option value="KM">COMOROS</option>
<option value="CG">CONGO</option>
<option value="CD">CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE</option>
<option value="CK">COOK ISLANDS</option>
<option value="CR">COSTA RICA</option>
<option value="CI">COTE D'IVOIRE</option>
<option value="HR">CROATIA</option>
<option value="CU">CUBA</option>
<option value="CY">CYPRUS</option>
<option value="CZ">CZECH REPUBLIC</option>
<option value="CS">CZECHOSLOVAKIA (FORMER)</option>
<option value="DK">DENMARK</option>
<option value="DJ">DJIBOUTI</option>
<option value="DM">DOMINICA</option>
<option value="DO">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC</option>
<option value="TP">EAST TIMOR</option>
<option value="EC">ECUADOR</option>
<option value="EG">EGYPT</option>
<option value="SV">EL SALVADOR</option>
<option value="GQ">EQUATORIAL GUINEA</option>
<option value="ER">ERITREA</option>
<option value="EE">ESTONIA</option>
<option value="ET">ETHIOPIA</option>
<option value="EU">EUROPEAN UNION</option>
<option value="FK">FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)</option>
<option value="FO">FAROE ISLANDS</option>
<option value="FJ">FIJI</option>
<option value="FI">FINLAND</option>
<option value="FR">FRANCE</option>
<option value="FX">FRANCE, METROPOLITAN</option>
<option value="GF">FRENCH GUIANA</option>
<option value="PF">FRENCH POLYNESIA</option>
<option value="TF">FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES</option>
<option value="GA">GABON</option>
<option value="GM">GAMBIA</option>
<option value="GE">GEORGIA</option>
<option value="DE">GERMANY</option>
<option value="GH">GHANA</option>
<option value="GI">GIBRALTAR</option>
<option value="GB">GREAT BRITAIN</option>
<option value="GR">GREECE</option>
<option value="GL">GREENLAND</option>
<option value="GD">GRENADA</option>
<option value="GP">GUADELOUPE</option>
<option value="GU">GUAM</option>
<option value="GT">GUATEMALA</option>
<option value="GN">GUINEA</option>
<option value="GW">GUINEA-BISSAU</option>
<option value="GY">GUYANA</option>
<option value="HT">HAITI</option>
<option value="HM">HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS</option>
<option value="VA">HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)</option>
<option value="HN">HONDURAS</option>
<option value="HK">HONG KONG</option>
<option value="HU">HUNGARY</option>
<option value="IS">ICELAND</option>
<option value="IN">INDIA</option>
<option value="ID">INDONESIA</option>
<option value="IR">IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="IQ">IRAQ</option>
<option value="IE">IRELAND</option>
<option value="IL">ISRAEL</option>
<option value="IT">ITALY</option>
<option value="JM">JAMAICA</option>
<option value="JP">JAPAN</option>
<option value="JO">JORDAN</option>
<option value="KZ">KAZAKSTAN</option>
<option value="KE">KENYA</option>
<option value="KI">KIRIBATI</option>
<option value="KP">KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="KR">KOREA, REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="KW">KUWAIT</option>
<option value="KG">KYRGYZSTAN</option>
<option value="LA">LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC</option>
<option value="LV">LATVIA</option>
<option value="LB">LEBANON</option>
<option value="LS">LESOTHO</option>
<option value="LR">LIBERIA</option>
<option value="LY">LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA</option>
<option value="LI">LIECHTENSTEIN</option>
<option value="LT">LITHUANIA</option>
<option value="LU">LUXEMBOURG</option>
<option value="MO">MACAU</option>
<option value="MK">MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="MG">MADAGASCAR</option>
<option value="MW">MALAWI</option>
<option value="MY">MALAYSIA</option>
<option value="MV">MALDIVES</option>
<option value="ML">MALI</option>
<option value="MT">MALTA</option>
<option value="MH">MARSHALL ISLANDS</option>
<option value="MQ">MARTINIQUE</option>
<option value="MR">MAURITANIA</option>
<option value="MU">MAURITIUS</option>
<option value="YT">MAYOTTE</option>
<option value="MX">MEXICO</option>
<option value="FM">MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF</option>
<option value="MD">MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="MC">MONACO</option>
<option value="MN">MONGOLIA</option>
<option value="MS">MONTSERRAT</option>
<option value="MA">MOROCCO</option>
<option value="MZ">MOZAMBIQUE</option>
<option value="MM">MYANMAR</option>
<option value="NA">NAMIBIA</option>
<option value="NR">NAURU</option>
<option value="NP">NEPAL</option>
<option value="NL">NETHERLANDS</option>
<option value="AN">NETHERLANDS ANTILLES</option>
<option value="NC">NEW CALEDONIA</option>
<option value="NZ">NEW ZEALAND</option>
<option value="NI">NICARAGUA</option>
<option value="NE">NIGER</option>
<option value="NG">NIGERIA</option>
<option value="NU">NIUE</option>
<option value="NF">NORFOLK ISLAND</option>
<option value="MP">NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS</option>
<option value="NO">NORWAY</option>
<option value="OM">OMAN</option>
<option value="PK">PAKISTAN</option>
<option value="PW">PALAU</option>
<option value="PS">PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED</option>
<option value="PA">PANAMA</option>
<option value="PG">PAPUA NEW GUINEA</option>
<option value="PY">PARAGUAY</option>
<option value="PE">PERU</option>
<option value="PH">PHILIPPINES</option>
<option value="PN">PITCAIRN</option>
<option value="PL">POLAND</option>
<option value="PT">PORTUGAL</option>
<option value="PR">PUERTO RICO</option>
<option value="QA">QATAR</option>
<option value="RE">REUNION</option>
<option value="RO">ROMANIA</option>
<option value="SU">RUSSIAN FEDERATION</option>
<option value="RW">RWANDA</option>
<option value="SH">SAINT HELENA</option>
<option value="KN">SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS</option>
<option value="LC">SAINT LUCIA</option>
<option value="PM">SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON</option>
<option value="VC">SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES</option>
<option value="WS">SAMOA</option>
<option value="SM">SAN MARINO</option>
<option value="ST">SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE</option>
<option value="SA">SAUDI ARABIA</option>
<option value="SN">SENEGAL</option>
<option value="YU">SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO</option>
<option value="SC">SEYCHELLES</option>
<option value="SL">SIERRA LEONE</option>
<option value="SG">SINGAPORE</option>
<option value="SK">SLOVAKIA</option>
<option value="SI">SLOVENIA</option>
<option value="SB">SOLOMON ISLANDS</option>
<option value="SO">SOMALIA</option>
<option value="ZA">SOUTH AFRICA</option>
<option value="GS">SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS</option>
<option value="ES">SPAIN</option>
<option value="LK">SRI LANKA</option>
<option value="SD">SUDAN</option>
<option value="SR">SURINAME</option>
<option value="SJ">SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN</option>
<option value="SZ">SWAZILAND</option>
<option value="SE">SWEDEN</option>
<option value="CH">SWITZERLAND</option>
<option value="SY">SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC</option>
<option value="TW">TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA</option>
<option value="TJ">TAJIKISTAN</option>
<option value="TZ">TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF</option>
<option value="TH">THAILAND</option>
<option value="TG">TOGO</option>
<option value="TK">TOKELAU</option>
<option value="TO">TONGA</option>
<option value="TT">TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO</option>
<option value="TN">TUNISIA</option>
<option value="TR">TURKEY</option>
<option value="TM">TURKMENISTAN</option>
<option value="TC">TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS</option>
<option value="TV">TUVALU</option>
<option value="UG">UGANDA</option>
<option value="UA">UKRAINE</option>
<option value="AE">UNITED ARAB EMIRATES</option>
<option value="UK">UNITED KINGDOM</option>
<option value="US">UNITED STATES</option>
<option value="UM">UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS</option>
<option value="UY">URUGUAY</option>
<option value="UZ">UZBEKISTAN</option>
<option value="VU">VANUATU</option>
<option value="VE">VENEZUELA</option>
<option value="VN">VIET NAM</option>
<option value="VG">VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH</option>
<option value="VI">VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.</option>
<option value="WF">WALLIS AND FUTUNA</option>
<option value="EH">WESTERN SAHARA</option>
<option value="YE">YEMEN</option>
<option value="ZM">ZAMBIA</option>
<option value="ZW">ZIMBABWE</option>
</select>

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