How to get user language by ip address using php?

Question

I need to get language of a user who have visiting my website by their IP address using PHP. how can I do it, there is any API to do this, please advise

Answer 1

Use the GeoIP module as has previously been suggested and then insert this code somewhere in your project:

if($country = geoip_country_code_by_name($host))
{
    switch($country)
    {
        case "DJ":
        case "ER":
        case "ET":

            $lang = "aa";
            break;

        case "AE":
        case "BH":
        case "DZ":
        case "EG":
        case "IQ":
        case "JO":
        case "KW":
        case "LB":
        case "LY":
        case "MA":
        case "OM":
        case "QA":
        case "SA":
        case "SD":
        case "SY":
        case "TN":
        case "YE":

            $lang = "ar";
            break;

        case "AZ":

            $lang = "az";
            break;

        case "BY":

            $lang = "be";
            break;

        case "BG":

            $lang = "bg";
            break;

        case "BD":

            $lang = "bn";
            break;

        case "BA":

            $lang = "bs";
            break;

        case "CZ":

            $lang = "cs";
            break;

        case "DK":

            $lang = "da";
            break;

        case "AT":
        case "CH":
        case "DE":
        case "LU":

            $lang = "de";
            break;

        case "MV":

            $lang = "dv";
            break;

        case "BT":

            $lang = "dz";
            break;

        case "GR":

            $lang = "el";
            break;

        case "AG":
        case "AI":
        case "AQ":
        case "AS":
        case "AU":
        case "BB":
        case "BW":
        case "CA":
        case "GB":
        case "IE":
        case "KE":
        case "NG":
        case "NZ":
        case "PH":
        case "SG":
        case "US":
        case "ZA":
        case "ZM":
        case "ZW":

            $lang = "en";
            break;

        case "AD":
        case "AR":
        case "BO":
        case "CL":
        case "CO":
        case "CR":
        case "CU":
        case "DO":
        case "EC":
        case "ES":
        case "GT":
        case "HN":
        case "MX":
        case "NI":
        case "PA":
        case "PE":
        case "PR":
        case "PY":
        case "SV":
        case "UY":
        case "VE":

            $lang = "es";
            break;

        case "EE":

            $lang = "et";
            break;

        case "IR":

            $lang = "fa";
            break;

        case "FI":

            $lang = "fi";
            break;

        case "FO":

            $lang = "fo";
            break;

        case "BE":
        case "FR":
        case "SN":

            $lang = "fr";
            break;

        case "IL":

            $lang = "he";
            break;

        case "IN":

            $lang = "hi";
            break;

        case "HR":

            $lang = "hr";
            break;

        case "HT":

            $lang = "ht";
            break;

        case "HU":

            $lang = "hu";
            break;

        case "AM":

            $lang = "hy";
            break;

        case "ID":

            $lang = "id";
            break;

        case "IS":

            $lang = "is";
            break;

        case "IT":

            $lang = "it";
            break;

        case "JP":

            $lang = "ja";
            break;

        case "GE":

            $lang = "ka";
            break;

        case "KZ":

            $lang = "kk";
            break;

        case "GL":

            $lang = "kl";
            break;

        case "KH":

            $lang = "km";
            break;

        case "KR":

            $lang = "ko";
            break;

        case "KG":

            $lang = "ky";
            break;

        case "UG":

            $lang = "lg";
            break;

        case "LA":

            $lang = "lo";
            break;

        case "LT":

            $lang = "lt";
            break;

        case "LV":

            $lang = "lv";
            break;

        case "MG":

            $lang = "mg";
            break;

        case "MK":

            $lang = "mk";
            break;

        case "MN":

            $lang = "mn";
            break;

        case "MY":

            $lang = "ms";
            break;

        case "MT":

            $lang = "mt";
            break;

        case "MM":

            $lang = "my";
            break;

        case "NP":

            $lang = "ne";
            break;

        case "AW":
        case "NL":

            $lang = "nl";
            break;

        case "NO":

            $lang = "no";
            break;

        case "PL":

            $lang = "pl";
            break;

        case "AF":

            $lang = "ps";
            break;

        case "AO":
        case "BR":
        case "PT":

            $lang = "pt";
            break;

        case "RO":

            $lang = "ro";
            break;

        case "RU":
        case "UA":

            $lang = "ru";
            break;

        case "RW":

            $lang = "rw";
            break;

        case "AX":

            $lang = "se";
            break;

        case "SK":

            $lang = "sk";
            break;

        case "SI":

            $lang = "sl";
            break;

        case "SO":

            $lang = "so";
            break;

        case "AL":

            $lang = "sq";
            break;

        case "ME":
        case "RS":

            $lang = "sr";
            break;

        case "SE":

            $lang = "sv";
            break;

        case "TZ":

            $lang = "sw";
            break;

        case "LK":

            $lang = "ta";
            break;

        case "TJ":

            $lang = "tg";
            break;

        case "TH":

            $lang = "th";
            break;

        case "TM":

            $lang = "tk";
            break;

        case "CY":
        case "TR":

            $lang = "tr";
            break;

        case "PK":

            $lang = "ur";
            break;

        case "UZ":

            $lang = "uz";
            break;

        case "VN":

            $lang = "vi";
            break;

        case "CN":
        case "HK":
        case "TW":

            $lang = "zh";
            break;

        default:break;
    }
}