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From: "Jack" on 15 Apr 2010 15:21
Hello All,



Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application and
database?





Thanks,



Jack



From: Nathan Nobbe on 15 Apr 2010 15:40
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jack <DeWebDude(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application and
> database?
>

depends on what you want, u.s., canada & mexico are pretty easy to find but
for other non domestic countries if you find something good feel free to
share :)

for a nice freebie that works on u.s. locations, snag the geoip extension
from pecl -

http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php

-nathan
From: "Tommy Pham" on 15 Apr 2010 15:51
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Nobbe [mailto:quickshiftin(a)gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:41 PM
> To: Jack
> Cc: php-general(a)lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Zip Search
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jack <DeWebDude(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application
> and
> > database?
> >
>
> depends on what you want, u.s., canada & mexico are pretty easy to find
> but
> for other non domestic countries if you find something good feel free
> to
> share :)
>
> for a nice freebie that works on u.s. locations, snag the geoip
> extension
> from pecl -
>
> http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php
>
> -nathan

IIRC, geoip is lookup based on host name or IP address for country, region, city, etc... similar to whois for DNS. I think the OP wants to look geographic information, such as city, county, state/province, etc..., based on a given zip code like 92723.

Regards,
Tommy

From: Nathan Nobbe on 15 Apr 2010 16:02
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan Nobbe [mailto:quickshiftin(a)gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:41 PM
> > To: Jack
> > Cc: php-general(a)lists.php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Zip Search
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jack <DeWebDude(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application
> > and
> > > database?
> > >
> >
> > depends on what you want, u.s., canada & mexico are pretty easy to find
> > but
> > for other non domestic countries if you find something good feel free
> > to
> > share :)
> >
> > for a nice freebie that works on u.s. locations, snag the geoip
> > extension
> > from pecl -
> >
> > http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php
> >
> > -nathan
>
> IIRC, geoip is lookup based on host name or IP address for country, region,
> city, etc... similar to whois for DNS. I think the OP wants to look
> geographic information, such as city, county, state/province, etc..., based
> on a given zip code like 92723.
>

ahh, perhaps a hasty reply on my part - heres a nice freebie mentioned by
geoip -

http://geocoder.ibegin.com/downloads.php

-nathan
From: Jason Pruim on 15 Apr 2010 17:53

On Apr 15, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Jack wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>
> Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application
> and
> database?

If it's us zip's you want... I'd go straight to the source... http://www.usps.com/zip4/welcome.htm?from=home_header&page=findazipcode

The post office also does have API's for hooking into it if you can
handle the restrictions since they are the government :)
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