如何在PHP中使用api ipinfodb

Question

I am trying to use the free api ipinfodb service in php code on my server. I registered my server ip with the service and I got my API key.

If I run the service directly through my browser like this:

http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key=<apikey>&ip=117.212.155.134

It works well and quickly returns a string like this:

OK;;117.212.155.134;IN;INDIA;MAHARASHTRA;CHIPLUN;415726;17.5333;73.5167;+05:30

However, when I try to run the same thing through php on my server, it clocks forever and fails with a timeout error.

This logic works on my local server, but not on my remote HostGator server. If I replace api.infodb.com with another website address, a proper result is returned. It's almost as if api.ipinfodb.com is blocking my hostgator server from making the call. I did register my hostgator server ip address with api.ipinfodb.com and my api key.

What is causing the timeout error?

<?php
$ip = "117.212.155.134";
$lookup = sprintf('http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key=<apikey>&ip=%s', $ip);
$result = trim(file_get_contents($lookup));
echo $result . "<br />\n";

Answer 1

Use this to get the exact output as you do when using the browser.

$arr_location=file_get_contents('http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key=**YOURKEY**&ip='.**$THE_IP_TO_LOOKUP**);

print_r($arr_location);