How to get current user location, city, country in laravel

Hussain Abid — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:26:59 +0000

In this tutorial, we will see how you can get the current user location, city, country, country code, postal code, zip code, region, longitude and latitude using IP Address in laravel.

So we will be using stevebauman/location package in order to get that information.

So let’s get started.

Step 1: Install Laravel

First, we will install laravel into the project. I am installing it in user_location folder.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel user_location

Step 2: Install stevebauman/location package

Then we need to install the stevebauman/location package.

composer require stevebauman/location

Step 3: Add the Service Provider and Alias

Then we need to add the service provider in config/app.php in providers array:

Stevebauman\Location\LocationServiceProvider::class,

And also add following alias in aliases in config/app.php:

'Location' => Stevebauman\Location\Facades\Location,

So your final providers array will look like this:

And aliases array will look like this:

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How to get current user location, city, country in laravel

Step 1: Install Laravel

Step 2: Install stevebauman/location package

Step 3: Add the Service Provider and Alias