Once you download all of the files. Extract them all and upload them to the same folder on your server.

Now to use the API we need to include a few files. Then we are going to open the database and check the users location:

This will grab the information, but what can we do with it. To find out what variables you can use print out the array:

The results should output something like this:

geoiprecord Object
(
    [country_code] => US
    [country_code3] => USA
    [country_name] => United States
    [region] => TN
    [city] => Memphis
    [postal_code] =>
    [latitude] => 35.1242
    [longitude] => -89.9521
    [area_code] => 901
    [dma_code] => 640
)

I ran the above code using a Memphis based proxy. As you can see MaxMinds database gives us:
Country Abbreviation in two formats,
Full country name,
Region (state/province),
City,
Postal code (this usually works but is blank in the example),
Latitude,
Longitude,
Area Code,
DMA code (Designated Market Area as in Nielsen Media tv/radio market areas in the US)

Ok so now that we know what everything is, all we have to do is echo the results in the proper places. For example:

Would out put: Memphis, TN.
So if you were going to use this in a template you would use something like this in the header:

Then in your template wherever you want the City, State to display simple:

The your site might look something like this:

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