[Feature Request] Add a updater feature inside maxmind official GeoIP2 php SDK #226

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1. lunascontributions commented on May 9, 2024

   

   lunascontributions

   on May 9, 2024

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   Building an equivalent to our geoipupdate tool in additional languages goes beyond the scope of the support that we normally provide, and I don't anticipate we'll have the resources to devote to this in the near future.
2. stevebauman commented on Nov 24, 2025

   

   stevebauman

   on Nov 24, 2025

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   For others looking to do this in the future, I've added this in my location package:

   https://github.com/stevebauman/location/blob/3867682db8228c9b3ccf88e4cc80ce63aa73d60b/src/Drivers/MaxMind.php#L22-L68

   class MaxMind extends Driver implements Updatable
   {
       /**
        * Update the MaxMind database.
        */
       public function update(Command $command): void
       {
           @mkdir(
               $root = Str::of($this->getDatabasePath())->dirname()
           );
   
           $storage = Storage::build([
               'driver' => 'local',
               'root' => $root,
           ]);
   
           $tarFilePath = $storage->path(
               $tarFileName = 'maxmind.tar.gz'
           );
   
           $response = Http::withOptions(['sink' => $tarFilePath])->get(
               $this->getDatabaseUrl()
           );
   
           throw_if(
               $response->failed(),
               new RuntimeException('Failed to download MaxMind database. Response: '.$response->body())
           );
   
           $archive = new PharData($tarFilePath);
   
           $file = $this->discoverDatabaseFile($archive);
   
           $directory = Str::of($file->getPath())->basename();
   
           $relativePath = implode('/', [$directory, $file->getFilename()]);
   
           $archive->extractTo($storage->path('/'), $relativePath, true);
   
           file_put_contents(
               $this->getDatabasePath(),
               fopen($storage->path($relativePath), 'r')
           );
   
           $storage->delete($tarFileName);
           $storage->deleteDirectory($directory);
       }
   
       /**
        * Attempt to discover the database file inside the archive.
        *
        * @throws Exception
        */
       protected function discoverDatabaseFile(PharData $archive): PharFileInfo
       {
           foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator($archive) as $file) {
               if (pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) === 'mmdb') {
                   return $file;
               }
           }
   
           throw new Exception('Unable to locate database file inside of MaxMind archive.');
       }
   
       // ...
   }