geoip_* API instead of SQL

  • robertom99

    (@robertom99)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    I wonder, whether it’s feasible for the plugin to do the lookup using the geoip_* PHP API (with a way to choose between both options then, somewhere in the admin panel).

    Motivation: We’re already using the geoip_* PHP API (and maintaining the used databases for that) for the same project, and want to avoid having a second database, that might not even be in sync with the existing one.

    For now we dropped the SQL requests and replaced the lookup with a call to geoip_record_by_name(). But the person responsible for managing the WordPress instance is already cursing me, because he has to make sure to apply the diff after each plugin update.

    Roberto

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  • Plugin Author Paul

    (@paultgoodchild)

    7 years, 5 months ago

    Unfortunately there’s no way to assume that a website has this particular extension installed and running, so it falls to us to use a 3rd party.

    We do actually plan to completely revamp this plugin in the future and improve the GeoIP capabilities.

    We’ll be updating the plugin shortly for the latest database.

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