# How would you get country of origin with an IP using PHP? \[renamed\]

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**Created:** [February 14, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-get-country-of-origin-with-an-ip-using-php-renamed/101809 "2004-02-14T07:20:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-get-country-of-origin-with-an-ip-using-php-renamed/101809/1 "2004-02-14T07:20:43Z")

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Is there any command in php to detect the country from the ip?  
Or…how do i detect the country knowing the ip…in php?  
Is there any way…or should i take every first two or three characters from an ip and categorize them…what to do?