smart/geo

Smart Geo is databases from Open Data providers compiled into easy to use PHP objects.

0.4.0 2016-09-25 02:33 UTC

Requires

• php: >=5.6.0
• league/geotools: >=0.6
• psr/log: >=1
• symfony/console: >=2.7

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ~5

MIT

• Gabriel Bull

• database
• data
• state
• geolocation
• geoip
• country
• region
• province

README

Smart Geo

Smart Geo is databases from Open Data providers compiled into easy to use PHP objects.

1. Features
2. Sources
3. Requirements
4. Installation
5. Country
6. Region

Features

• Multiple languages (Currently only supports English, French and German).
• Country Database
• Region Database (Currently only for Canada and the United States).
• IP Geolocation (With MaxMind)

Sources

• GeoNames
• Wikipedia
• OpenStreetMap

Requirements

Smart Geo does not require a database, but instead, uses JSON files.

This library uses PHP 5.6+.

Installation

You need to install the Smart Geo library through composer. To do so, add the following lines to your composer.json file.

{
    "require": {
       "smart/geo": "dev-master"
    }
}

To download or update the current data, use the following command.

php vendor/bin/geo data:update

Country

Database of all countries in the world.

Properties

• Names
• Short Code (Alpha-2 code)
• Code (Alpha-3 code)
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Bounding Box
• Currency
• Continent
• Population
• Area
• Capital
• Timezone

Examples

Get a list of all countries.

$countryCollection = (new Geo)->getCountryRepository()->findAll();

Get country name in english.

foreach ($countryCollection as $country) {
   echo $country->getNames()->get('en');
}

Order by country name in english.

$countryCollection->orderByName();

Region

Database of all States, Federal Districts and Territories in the United States, Provinces and Territories in Canada.

Properties

• Name
• Code (Alpha-2 code)
• Country
• Type
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Bounding Box

Examples

Get a list of all regions in the US.

$geo = new Geo;
$country = $geo->getCountryRepository()->findByCode('US');
$regionCollection = (new Geo)->getRegionRepository()->findByCountry($country);

Get region name and type in english.

foreach ($regionCollection as $region) {
   echo $region->getNames()->get('en') . " is a " . 
       $region->getType()::class . " of the " . 
       $country->getNames()->get('en);
}