geo:info returns no data

[joelprestaworks]

Hi,

Nice package!

Im trying to use this to check which country specific IP-addresses belongs to, but: php artisan geo:info [IP (e.g. 122.11.11.14)], returns no data at all. Is this something that I should combine with anything else? Like a maxmind DB? If that's the case then I did not understand the documentation or where to configurate this.

I also added this to my .env-file:
GEOIP_COUNTRY=/storage/app/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
GEOIP_CITY=/storage/app/GeoLite2-City.mmdb

and set true on country and city in my config/geo.php

Is it possible to get more information from you about this?

[kslimani]

Hi,

If you set .mmdb files path using GEOIP_COUNTRY and GEOIP_CITY then you don't need to change default values in the config/geo.php file. (ie: don't set to true in geo.php)

File path should be relative to application root folder or can be any absolute path.

Example of relative path to laravel application storage :

GEOIP_COUNTRY=storage/app/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

Example of an absolute path :

GEOIP_COUNTRY=/usr/share/GeoIP2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb

Alternatively, you can also change default values in the config/geo.php file :

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Location
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | 'maxmind' is GeoIP2 .mmdb database files. (Set to false or empty
    | string to disable).
    */

    'location' => [
        'maxmind' => [
            'country' => '/usr/share/GeoIP2/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb', // Absolute path example
//            'country' => env('GEOIP_COUNTRY', false), // default value
            'city' => env('GEOIP_CITY', false),
            'isp' => env('GEOIP_ISP', false),
        ],
    ],

Additionally, if you prefer user another "location" db engine, you can write your own class. (take a look at phpunit location test file)

[joelprestaworks]

Thank you, I did it correct the first time but missed to empty the cache. Awesome!