Getting location details from IP in PHP

Question

Is it possible to get the location details from the users IP Address in PHP.

Any suggestions ??

Thanks

Answer 1

 $ip = "66.96.147.144";
    $geoPlugin_array = unserialize(file_get_contents('http://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp?ip=' . $ip) );
    echo '
';
    print_r($geoPlugin_array);

OUTPUT :
Array
(
    [geoplugin_request] => 66.96.147.144
    [geoplugin_status] => 200
    [geoplugin_credit] => Some of the returned data includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com.
    [geoplugin_city] => Burlington
    [geoplugin_region] => MA
    [geoplugin_areaCode] => 781
    [geoplugin_dmaCode] => 506
    [geoplugin_countryCode] => US
    [geoplugin_countryName] => United States
    [geoplugin_continentCode] => NA
    [geoplugin_latitude] => 42.5051
    [geoplugin_longitude] => -71.204697
    [geoplugin_regionCode] => MA
    [geoplugin_regionName] => Massachusetts
    [geoplugin_currencyCode] => USD
    [geoplugin_currencySymbol] => $
    [geoplugin_currencySymbol_UTF8] => $
    [geoplugin_currencyConverter] => 1
)