some feedback on this please

[krakjoe]

http://krakjoe.com/geoip-test.html

Can anyone tell me if they get errors, and please post thier country and pm me thier ip address

Please do not use this code in your website, I do plan to implement and release this code, and the current code will break when I do so, so please just tell me if it works, I'd be most grateful

Thanks

[DarkBlood]

If it's supposed to show my IP address, it doesn't.

Your country flag is : (Damn scripted images)
You come from United States
Your 2 letter country code is US
Your 3 letter country code is USA

Is all it shows (It shows the american flag where I put (Damn scripted images)), default text formatting.

[krakjoe]

gets your country from your ip address

[themoose]

Your country flag is :
You come from United Kingdom
Your 2 letter country code is GB
Your 3 letter country code is GBR

It's all correct.

Can I suggest maybe more targeted if possible, like state for USA or region for UK?

[krakjoe]

Yeah I can do that, just not untill i get a liscence for the reigon database, I'm just testing atm, thanks for the feedback ......

[Hamed]

It looks good but if it show IP and flags it can be better!

[krakjoe]

thanks, what I'm wanting here, is to know it if shows the correct data, this is clearly unfinished code, only I can only test the coutry flags and codes for my country and countries where I know of websites, if anyone experiences errors, or the wrong image, or if anyone knows where I might get a load of decent flag images on account of the ones I have are ----, I'd be most grateful .....

[themoose]

small ones:
http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/
larger ones:
http://www.studiotwentyeight.net/icons.htm (a few sets)

[krakjoe]

Second ones will do nicely, thanks :)

Edit : Damn it, they are ico format, anyone kind enough to change them into a sensible format for me, like png or jpeg or something ????

[Decker]

Agree with Colin, GB is not a Country either, needs broken down to the 4 in it.

The IP DB is a bit flaky too so don't worry about that at this stage.

[DarkBlood]

Second ones will do nicely, thanks :)

Edit : Damn it, they are ico format, anyone kind enough to change them into a sensible format for me, like png or jpeg or something ????

ICO can be reffered just like a normal image:

<img src="path/to/image.ico" alt="Flag" title="Flag" />

I do as such on my OvBB powered board, and w3c says it's A-OK.

[krakjoe]

Yeah I know, only php cannot manipulate ico files; that's what I need.

I got the reigon part written, it can break it down into the reigonal counties and states and whatever, only I haven't got the full liscence for the database yet so I can't use it, but I will though .......

Thanks for all the feedback guys, still need the images changed format though :)

[Decker]

Got the images? I'll look at changing them KJ, let me know what format.

[krakjoe]

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/2009657/

Those ones, I need em to be png jpg or gif, whatever is highest quality out of those, I have no idea ..... and thanks

[fireshark]

http://fireshark.name/flags.rar

[blueonline]

Your country flag is : InDiA
You come from India
Your 2 letter country code is IN
Your 3 letter country code is IND

[krakjoe]

http://fireshark.name/flags.rar

Thanks, but I get a 404 ??

[DarkBlood]

Thanks, but I get a 404 ??

Same here.

[fireshark]

Ouch.

My bad, I typed it in by hand
http://www.fireshark.name/misc/flags.rar

[krakjoe]

thanks man

[Hamed]

Now it is Ok for me
Your country flag is :
You come from Iran, Islamic Republic of
Your 2 letter country code is IR
Your 3 letter country code is IRN

May I have it??

[iBrightDev]

works fine here Joe.
now, it would be nice to see it get city and state too

also, i can get the flag images if you havent already

[stuffradio]

Yeah, works for me too

[themoose]

Joe, not 100&#37; certain on this but I think if you manipulate ico as a bmp with php it should work.. when you rename a .bmp to .ico it becomes an icon file, so I don't see why it shouldn't :).

[fireshark]

well no, because those icos contain multiple icons.. in any case
thanks manhe seems to have used them?

[krakjoe]

I plan to use em thanks

[stuffradio]

what exactly are you wanting to do with this anyways

[Decker]

Nosey !!

[krakjoe]

what exactly are you wanting to do with this anyways

I plan to make my own api using maxminds databases, only mine will be free to use and thiers is incredibly expensive, before I go ahead and buy a liscence, I need to know that all the country codes have a flag, I can't seem to think of a way to do it so need ppl to tell me ......

It can be very useful, although this will break soon ( because I'll break it ) doing

file_get_contents('http://krakjoe.com/geoip/query=code&address=remote');

will tell you where you user is and eventually thier state and region, you can use this information to direct traffic, load a language file, or one of a billion other things.

PHP can do all of this by default, with the maxmind api, but it uses a free database ( the one in use now ) and it's limited without regions; also, not everyone knows php well enough to implement it or might prefer to use javascript ( for seo purposes ), and the extension that allows it resides in PECL, a lotta servers don't have it ( you can install it with http://krakjoe.com/projects/GeoIP-installer if you're root, or DIY ).
The idea is I buy I license and everyone in the world can use it, afterall the geographics of our planet do belong to everyone.

Bottom line, it's just filling my life up, like most things I write .......