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05-Nov-12 06:48:18

Metamod not working on state basis

Hi,

I am using metamod to vary between countries, which is no doubt working fine. However i tried for a particular state in india, it is not working.

It works for countries and not for states, here is my sample code. Let me know where i am going wrong.

if ( $fromCountryId == "AE" || ($fromCountryId == "IN" && $geoip->region == 13)) return 101; else
return 118;

Please let me know as soon as possible

Sandeep

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06-Nov-12 06:11:58

Re: Metamod not working on state basis

Please anyone help me with this, i am struck with this issue. Let me know whether its possible OR not regarding the state wise codes.

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06-Nov-12 20:28:19

Re: Metamod not working on state basis

Hi Sandeep,

I just did a couple of tests.
1 - looked up the Indian Govenment web site, got the IP address, then put that into the demo box on maxmind.com to see if that showed a region. It does NOT.
2 - looked at the CSV file that shows all the possible FIPS codes that the maxmind database can contain:

http://dev.maxmind.com/static/maxmind-region-codes.csv

In that, there are definitely some codes for Indian regions, so I guess that some IP addresses will resolve to a region. But it appears that success is random.

3 - tested a couple of other IP addresses of web sites in India. So far I haven't come across one that has a region code.

So I think the answer is that the maxmind databases are not reliable in India for region codes. You might be better off checking for particular cities, as all the examples I tried did have cities associated with the record.

Sorry - this functionality depends entirely on the reliability of the underying databases.

Best regards,
Stephen

Stephen Brandon
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