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Some workflow scenarios require that a drop-down field be disabled based on the value of another field. For example, you may want to disable the status field when the is_active field is set to No.

There are 2 types of drop-down fields in AppGini:

This scenario is useful mainly if you are the only user of the generated AppGini app, and don't want to have to sign in every now and then, and want to remove the 'visual clutter' of the admin link, sign out link, .. etc.

Warning The following code basically makes every user a super admin. So, NEVER use this in a public-facing or multi-user app!

Using the free API service provided by ipinfo.io, you can add code into hooks for detecting the country of the current user, given his IP address. Here is how this code looks like:

  $country = 'Unknown'; // default in case country can't be detected
  $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  $udata_json = @file_get_contents("https://ipinfo.io/{$ip}");
  if($udata_json){
    $udata = json_decode($udata_json, true);
    $country = $udata['country'];
  }
  // you can now use $country in your code ...

Here is a demonstration that shows your country!

Your country is US

Country info retrieved from this service is ISO Alpha-2 abbreviation.

Although AppGini officially runs on Windows PCs, you can still install it on your Linux or Mac by following the steps listed here.

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