laravel add Installation location

 

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.3
• PHP cURL extension enabled
• Laravel >= 5.0

Installation

Install location using composer require:

composer require stevebauman/location

Add the service provider in config/app.php:

Important: If you're using Laravel 5.5 or above, you can skip the registration of the service provider, as it is registered automatically.

Stevebauman\Location\LocationServiceProvider::class

Publish the configuration file (this will create a location.php file inside the config/ directory):

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Stevebauman\Location\LocationServiceProvider"

Usage

Retrieve a client's location

use Stevebauman\Location\Facades\Location;

if ($position = Location::get()) {
    // Successfully retrieved position.
    echo $position->countryName;
} else {
    // Failed retrieving position.
}

Note:

• This method retrieves the user's IP address via request()->ip().
• In the default configuration, testing.enabled is active, the returned IP address is in the USA. Disable it to get the client's real IP address.

Retrieve the location of a specific IP address

$position = Location::get('192.168.1.1');