finding the computer location

using js to guess the users location

[topr8]

sometime last year there was a thread here about using js to test the site visitors location settings on their computer.

... for the purpose of guessing the users location, eg. if the user has their language setting to English UK, it is likely (although not certain of course) that they are in the uk, likewise with ENglish US and so on.

i can't find it, any suggestions, i need this for a site where it is not practicle to get the visitor location from the ip address.

[orion_rus]

I know a way how it making in PHP, it have a function $_SERVER, but i don't know how determining jscripts IP addresses. If u didn't find a way try to ask about it in PHP forum good luck to you)

[jbot]

JS can't get the user's IP address at all. to get the user's language setting, try this alert(navigator.language);

[topr8]

>>>alert(navigator.language);

yes this will give language, english will come up as "en"
but i want to tell if the language setting is english UK or english US

[Bernard Marx]

Here's the results of a quick test.
My IP address (and system language) is Swedish, but my browser is set to UK English.

[pre]
Firefox
  navigator.language = en-GB
IE6
  navigator.userLanguage = en-gb
[/pre]

So it looks like you need to use different properties across browsers, and use a case-insensitive match.

[topr8]

great thanks, i'll play about with it!