On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Maciek Sokolewicz wrote: > >> On 20-10-2012 09:39, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> Happy weekend. Hoping you can help me with an age old question. >>> I am trying to get a users timezone for a purchase online. >>> I know that php is not really able to get a timzone of a user because >>> its a server side execution with the date functions. >>> But I wanted to get a little help on my work around. I am hoping someone >>> can help. TIA >>> >>> I have a form that a user must fill out in order to purchase anything. >>> On this form they are required to put their city, state, country and zip >>> code. >>> These are all required fields. >>> >>> Now, I know there is a way to get a timezone offset if you have a >>> location to offset. >>> So is there a way based on the fields provided that I can get that >>> offset for each user? >>> >>> (The users have to put a correct city, state, country and zip in order >>> to get there purchase. >>> This address has to match their paypal or cc address in order to >>> purchase as well. >>> So I know there will still be a margin of error with user manipulated >>> info. So that is moot point for now.) >>> >>> My thoughts are to get a timezone offset based on the country and zip >>> code, with a backup check of city state country zip. >>> I just don't know where to start looking for how to get the timezone or >>> UTC location based on country and zip or city state country zip. >>> >> >> Hi Karl, >> >> so basically what you're looking for is a database map between timezone >> and country/state/zip. >> >> Did you try to google such a thing? >> >> One of the first posts I found was a StackOverflow question about this; >> one of the answers mentioned just such a database on Tom Boutell's website >> (the same person who created the GD library [used for image-creation in >> php]): http://www.boutell.com/zipcodes/ >> It includes states, cities, zip codes, etc. for the USA. Since you >> specifically mentioned you want to find it "by state", it means you're >> mainly focussing on the USA (barely any other country even bothers with >> states). >> >> Apart from the above data, I'm sure you can find more on google. >> >> Good luck. >> - Tul >> > > > Thanks for the response. Yes, for the US I plan on calculating by state, but > this website is not geared to just the US. > So I am looking for a solution that lets me also calculate by > country/region. > Was looking on google and found geoip, but not sure if this will do the job > I am looking for. > Anyone with experience on geoip that can send pointers? > > Thanks, > > > Best, > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com Geo IP is based on IP, and I must warn you that IP data is not always accurate. Especially here in Europe, companies that are based in multiple countries sometimes only register their IPs in a single country, and share them between all the countries they are active in. This will give you wrong data from GeoIP. The time difference will only be 1 hour at max, but still. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
