Laravel 10 Get Current User Location From Ip Address Tutorial

Laravel 10 get current user location example; Through this tutorial, i am going to show you how to get current user location (Country, City, Region name, Postal code, Latitude and longitude) with user ip address using stevebauman location package in Laravel 10.

The stevebauman/location package is used for detecting a users location by their IP Address, and It made retrieving a user’s location information from IP address exorbitantly effortless.

How to Get Current User Location in Laravel 10

Use the below given steps to get current user location from ip address in Laravel 10 apps:

Step 1 – Install Laravel 10 Application
Step 2 – Connecting App to Database
Step 3 – Install stevebauman/location Package
Step 4 – Create Route
Step 5 – Create Controller By Artisan Command
Step 6 – Create Blade View
Step 7 – Start Development Server

Step 1 – Install Laravel 10 Application

Execute the following command on terminal to install Laravel 10 new setup. So, open terminal and type the following command to install new Laravel 10 app into your machine:

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

Step 2 – Connecting App to Database

Open .env file and setup database details as following:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=database-name
DB_USERNAME=database-user-name
DB_PASSWORD=database-password

Step 3 – Install stevebauman/location Package

Execute the following command on your termina to install Install stevebauman/location Package

composer require stevebauman/location

After installing package we have to setup config file. So open config/app.php file and add service provider and alias.

'providers' => [
	....
	Stevebauman\Location\LocationServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
	....
	'Location' => 'Stevebauman\Location\Facades\Location',
]

Step 4 – Create Routes

Open web.php file from routes direcotry. And update the following routes into web.php file:

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
  
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
  
Route::get('display-user', [UserController::class, 'index']);

Step 5 – Create Controller By Artisan Command

Execute the following command on terminal to create controller file:

php artisan make:controller UserController

Then visit app/http/controllers and open UserController.php file. And update the following code into it:

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Stevebauman\Location\Facades\Location;
  
class UserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        /* $ip = $request->ip(); Dynamic IP address */
        $ip = '162.159.24.227'; /* Static IP address */
        $currentUserInfo = Location::get($ip);
          
        return view('user', compact('currentUserInfo'));
    }
}

Step 6 – Create Blade View

Visit resources/views directory and create user.blade.php. Then add the following code into it:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  
<div class="container">
    <h1>How to Get Current User Location with Laravel - Laratutorials.com</h1>
    <div class="card">
        <div class="card-body">
            @if($currentUserInfo)
                <h4>IP: {{ $currentUserInfo->ip }}</h4>
                <h4>Country Name: {{ $currentUserInfo->countryName }}</h4>
                <h4>Country Code: {{ $currentUserInfo->countryCode }}</h4>
                <h4>Region Code: {{ $currentUserInfo->regionCode }}</h4>
                <h4>Region Name: {{ $currentUserInfo->regionName }}</h4>
                <h4>City Name: {{ $currentUserInfo->cityName }}</h4>
                <h4>Zip Code: {{ $currentUserInfo->zipCode }}</h4>
                <h4>Latitude: {{ $currentUserInfo->latitude }}</h4>
                <h4>Longitude: {{ $currentUserInfo->longitude }}</h4>
            @endif
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
  
</body>
</html>

Step 7 – Start Development Server

Open command prompt and execute the following command to start developement server:

php artisan serve

Then open your browser and hit the following url on it:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/display-user