Blocking specific countries with PHP

[adamnichols45]

Im quite sure it is possible to block specific countrys from accessing my site.

Is this a good idea?

I gather it would be best todo with php right?

[barns101]

It's possible, although you may need to find the IP range for the countries in question in order to block them.

As to whether it's a good idea will depend on why you're thinking of doing it. It'll be a good idea for some webmasters but not for others. :)

I'd have thought that the best way to do it would be .htaccess or by configuring Apache to do it even earlier (can't remember what that's called) rather than PHP.

[jatar_k]

it's easy enough to do and you can find a bunch of geo location scripts/databases around