How to get a user location in Laravel 7

In this shot, you will learn how to get a user’s location, specifically the country. You can also get other location information from the users, but in this shot we will just be touching on the country.

Step 1: Install a composer package

First, you have to install a composer package called SteveBaumer. Install the composer package like so:

composer require stevebauman/location

Step 2: Publish the configuration file

Run this artisan command, which will create a location.php file in your config directory.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Stevebauman\Location\LocationServiceProvider"

Step 3: Usage

From the controller where you want implement the location logic, you can write a function. In this shot we will use a countryLocation() function.

public function countryLocation(Request $request){
    $location = Location::get($request->ip());
    dd($location->countryName);
   }

The code above uses the get(＄request->ip()) method to get the location of the user, with the user’s IP address on the Location facade.