Are there any PHP implementations available for tracing routes to determine a visitor's location?

One way to determine a visitor's location is by tracing the route their connection takes to reach your server. There are PHP implementations available that utilize tools like `traceroute` or `ping` to achieve this. By analyzing the network hops and response times, you can approximate the visitor's location based on the geographical location of those hops. 

<?php
function traceRoute($host) {
    $output = shell_exec("traceroute -m 30 $host");
    echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
}

// Usage
$visitorIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
traceRoute($visitorIP);
?>

Keywords

PHP geolocation IP address traceroute location detection

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