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#11527 Geoip.dat not working

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 12 March 2012 12:05 CDT

user58917
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? no
Joomla! version: 2.5.2
PHP version: 5.3
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Admin Tools version: latest

Description of my issue:
I want to use geoggraphics blocking to block some countries.
When I download Geoip.dat, and selects some countries I get this error:

Fatal error: error traversing database - perhaps it is corrupt? in /home/couptudk/public_html/ajoko.com/administrator/components/com_admintools/helpers/geoip.php on line 460


So it doesen't seem to work at all, how do I solve this issue?

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
It looks like the GeoIP.dat is always corrupted on download to your server. This does happen on some servers. You can always follow the manual GeoIP.dat upgrade instructions in the documentation (downloading the compressed file, extracting it and uploading it to your server).

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user58917
do you got a link for that :)?

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Ugh, I forgot to paste the link in my previous reply. Sorry. Here it is: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/waf-geoblock.html

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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