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==How to block or allow countries using GeoIP and .htaccess==

First you will want to to [[Install_GeoIP_for_Apache_and_PHP|install GeoIP and mod_geoip]]

===Block Countries using GeoIP and .htaccess ===

The following will deny from China, North Korea, South Korea

 GeoIPEnable On
 # Put countries to deny here      
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE CN DenyCountry  
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE KR DenyCountry  
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE KP DenyCountry  
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE <Country Code> DenyCountry
   
 Allow from all  
 Deny from env=DenyCountry

===Allow Countries using GeoIP and .htaccess===

The following will allow only from US, Canada and Mexico

 GeoIPEnable On
 # Put countries to allow here      
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE US AllowCountry  
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE CA AllowCountry  
 SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE MX AllowCountry  
   
 Deny from all  
 Allow from env=AllowCountry  

===Redirect to Specific page based on Country===

The following will redirect United States and Canada traffic to the /USA folder

 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^(US|CA)$
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/USA/$1 [L]

====List of Country Code from Maxmind====

http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/codes/iso3166/