PHP Simple Function to Get Lots of Visitor Info

PHP Simple Function to Get Lots of Visitor Info Such as the Device the Visitor is Using, IP Address, Remote Host, Current Date and Time, UserAgent, and Physical Location include County and City

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/* -------------------------------------------------
   function to reveals lots of info about visitor
  -------------------------------------------------- */
 function visitorInfo()
 {
     $user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
     
      // get info about the vistiors device
     $mobileList = "/(android|avantgo|blackberry|bolt|boost|cricket|docomo|fone|hiptop|mini|mobi|palm|phone|pie|tablet|up\.browser|up\.link|webos|wos)/i";
     $devicetype = (preg_match($mobileList, $user_agent)) ? "Tablet or Mobile Phone" : "Desktop or Laptop Computer";

// date time info
     $monthName = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"))); 
     $day = date("d");
     $year = date("Y");
     $time = date("h:i:s A");
     $datetime = ($monthName . " " . $day . ", " . $year . " at "  . $time);
     
      // info about users location
     $ipaddress = getVisIpAddr();

// info about attempts at obfuscation
     [$usingProxy, $usingVpn, $usingTor] = checkProxyUsingService($ipaddress);

$remotehost = @getHostByAddr($ipaddress); 
     $locationInfo = @json_decode(file_get_contents("http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip=" . $ipaddress));
     $timezone = $locationInfo->geoplugin_timezone;
     $country = $locationInfo->geoplugin_countryName;
     $city = $locationInfo->geoplugin_city;
     $latitude = $locationInfo->geoplugin_latitude;
     $longitude = $locationInfo->geoplugin_longitude;
     $visitortype = (stripos($user_agent, 'bot') !== false || stripos($user_agent, 'crawler') !== false) ? "bot" : "human";
     
     
     return [
              $timezone,
              $datetime,
              $visitortype,
              $devicetype,
              $ipaddress,
              $remotehost,
              $usingProxy,
              $usingVpn,
              $usingTor,
              $country,
              $city,
              $latitude,
              $longitude
            ];
  }
   // visitorInfo()

The code above is dependant upon these function that gets

The visitors IP address.
If the visitor is using a proxy server.

/* -------------------------------------------
  get visitors ip address taking into account
  if they are using a proxy server
  ------------------------------------------- */
function getVisIpAddr()
{   
    if (!empty($_SERVER["HTTP_CLIENT_IP"]))
    { 
        return $_SERVER["HTTP_CLIENT_IP"]; 
    } 
    else if (!empty($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]))
    { 
        return $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]; 
    } 
    else
    { 
        return $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]; 
    } 
}

/* ---------------------------------------------
  determine if visitor is using a proxy server
 --------------------------------------------- */
function checkProxyUsingService($ip) 
{
    $apiKey = 'R9GAmR6Nvf5VdOew4Oj7q77dnwO4A2bV';
    $url = "https://ipqualityscore.com/api/json/ip/" . $apiKey . "/" . $ip;
    $response = file_get_contents($url);
    $data = json_decode($response, true);

$usingProxy = ($data['proxy'] == 1) ? 'yes' : 'no';
    $usingVpn = ($data['vpn'] == 1) ? 'yes' : 'no';
    $usingTor = ($data['tor'] == 1) ? 'yes' : 'no';

return [
             $usingProxy, 
             $usingVpn, 
             $usingTor
           ];
}

Example on how to use this visitorInfo() function ...

Using the above php code here is information about you:

Visitors Timezone: America/New_York
Visitors Date/Time: December 23, 2024 at 05:33:08 AM
Visitor Type: bot
Visitors Device: Desktop or Laptop Computer
Visitors IP Address: 18.222.118.236
Visitors Remote Host: ec2-18-222-118-236.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
Visitor Using Proxy Server: no
Visitor Using VPN: no
Visitor Using Tor: no
Visitors Country: United States
Visitors City: Columbus
Visitors Longitute/Latitude: 39.9625,-83.0061

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