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i011877
Junior Member
Denmark
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 Posted - 03 February 2009 : 05:32:21
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Hey there
Yet again many changes to www.myforum.dk
To many to mention, so go have a look for yourself 
User:testuser
Pass:testuser
active_users.asp
I have searched the forum for anything similar to the 'MOD' i have made, but without luck.
It shows the country of origin for visitors, with a small flag.
Mouseover the flag to see the name of the country and ip.
Well, just wanted to show you, as I have not seen anything similar elsewhere.
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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i011877
Junior Member
Denmark
169 Posts |
Posted - 03 February 2009 : 09:55:51
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Well, it's actually determined by IP, which is fairly easy to get from visitors. All ip's belong to a specific region or country.
IP is then converted to Long-IP with a formula, then it looks in DB for country or region with that number.
Each number then corresponds to a name e.g. DENMARK.
Then it picks the flag for that country and displays it.
Hmm kinda hard to explain 
I only tried this with MSSQL, but it will work on mysql as well.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 February 2009 : 10:19:57
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| FYI IP ranges although generally country specific, may not necessarily indicate the actual country of the visitor as some ISP's assign IP's which may not relate to the users physical location (AOL is a classic example)< |
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bobby131313
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 February 2009 : 11:18:18
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| I have 2 members in France whose IP traces to Germany because thier ISP is Deutsche Telekom AG which seems to have subsidiaries in several countries.< |
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i011877
Junior Member
Denmark
169 Posts |
Posted - 03 February 2009 : 14:24:35
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Yea well, it's not a bulletproof addition.
I guess if several users from different regions logged in with my 'testuser', it would not show the correct country.
For a short period, I have enabled active users for non-members.
Check to see if your flag is right 
I'm happy if I can get most of them right, so prove me wrong...
-Bobby, have your 2 members visit, to check if their flag is the right one.< |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 February 2009 : 15:22:01
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| well, I'm not on aol and know that my IP is a uk ip, so there is no point , I was merely pointing out that you can not assume that they are correct, you don't have any choice in whether your code is right or not, that is entirely up to the ISP when it doles out from its ip pool.< |
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