IP Address Lookup Caching Using ElastiCache Memcached

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to cache an IP2Location query with the help of Amazon Web Service ElastiCache. ElastiCache has 2 engines available for caching. The one we will be using is the memcached engine. For this demonstration, we will be running our PHP code on an AWS […]

IP address proxy lookup optimization For MySQL

In this tutorial, we will do a comparison between a standard IP range query vs a more optimized query. In this case, there may be gaps in the ranges with no data. For this comparison, we will use the IP2Proxy PX2 database to lookup proxy data from the visitor’s IP […]

Converting IP2Proxy data from IP number ranges to CIDR

The aim of this guide is to demonstrate how to convert the IP2Proxy data from IP number ranges to CIDR. First, download the IP2Proxy data file and extract out the IP2Proxy CSV data file.. Next, create a file called ip2proxy-to-cidr.pl and paste the following Perl code into it. use strict; use […]

How to lookup IP location on Twitter

Notice: We regret to inform you that we are no longer support the IP2Location Twitter Bot. You can now lookup an IP location by tweeting a message to IP2Location Twitter account. There is no additional configuration required to use this service. By just mentioning us (@ip2location) with an IP address, […]