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William
William

Reputation: 156

How can you see in which country your user is

I am making a website in 2 languages. Is it possible to check it in which country the user is, so that I can switch the language automatically for the user? I also have a switch option in my menu with a _GET. I have this piece of code in the beginning:

if (isset($_GET['taal'])) {
    $taal = $_GET['taal'];
} else {
   $taal = 'ENG';
}
switch ($taal) {
    case 'NL':
        include('NL.php');
        break;
    case 'ENG':
        include('ENG.php');
        break;
    default:
        include('ENG.php');
        break;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 155

Answers (2)

Mawia HL
Mawia HL

Reputation: 3665

First you need to get the user country by ip address:

$country = ip_info($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'Country');
if($country=='Netherlands'){
   $taal = 'NL';
}else{
   $taal = 'ENG';
}
switch ($taal) {
    case 'NL':
        include('NL.php');
        break;
    case 'ENG':
        include('ENG.php');
        break;
    default:
        include('ENG.php');
        break;
}

Upvotes: 1

C_B
C_B

Reputation: 2682

I would like to point you to a similar question with a relevant answer.

As you can tell from this answer the first step to identifying a user's location/country would be to read their IP address. This can sometimes be a little tricky due to proxies. A good way to identify a user's IP using PHP can be found here.

Also, if you're looking to create a multi-language platform you may want to first read, understand and adhere to basic industry standards. If you wanted to, you could use PHP for this like you're already doing; or you can use universal language files which would have the benefit of being cross-platform (PHP,Java,C# etc.).

Upvotes: 1

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