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Deactivate GDPR WordPress plugin for non EU IP addresses
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<?php | |
/** | |
* To have a list of two letter country codes of the european countries | |
* | |
* @var string[] | |
*/ | |
const EUROPEAN_ALPHA_TWO_COUNTRY_CODES = [ | |
"IE", | |
"GB", | |
"PT", | |
"ES", | |
"FR", | |
"IT", | |
"MT", | |
"GR", | |
"BG", | |
"RO", | |
"HU", | |
"HR", | |
"SI", | |
"AT", | |
"SK", | |
"CZ", | |
"PL", | |
"DE", | |
"LU", | |
"BE", | |
"NL", | |
"DK", | |
"SE", | |
"FI", | |
"EE", | |
"LV", | |
"LT", | |
"IC", | |
"MQ", | |
"RE", | |
"GF", | |
"CY" | |
]; | |
/** | |
* To obtain the client's IPv4 IP address | |
* | |
* @return string | |
*/ | |
function get_client_ip_address() { | |
$ipAddress = ''; | |
if ( $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']; | |
} else if ( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']; | |
} else if ( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED']; | |
} else if ( $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR']; | |
} else if ( $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED']; | |
} else if ( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) { | |
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; | |
} else { | |
$ipAddress = 'UNKNOWN'; | |
} | |
return $ipAddress; | |
} | |
/** | |
* To remove GDPR plugin from the list of the active plugins | |
* | |
* @param string[] $plugins | |
* | |
* @return string[] | |
*/ | |
function virtually_deactivate_gdpr_plugin( $plugins ) { | |
if ( in_array( 'gdpr/gdpr.php', $plugins ) ) { | |
unset( $plugins[ array_search( 'gdpr/gdpr.php', $plugins ) ] ); | |
} | |
return array_values( $plugins ); | |
} | |
// first get the client's ip address | |
$clientIp = get_client_ip_address(); | |
// skip the process if the IP is unavailable or not valid | |
if( ! filter_var($clientIp, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4) ) { | |
return; | |
} | |
// get the two letter country code of the client by passing it's ip to a free webservice | |
$result = \Requests::get( 'https://ipinfo.io/' . $clientIp . '/country' ); | |
$response = trim( $result->body ); | |
// skip the process if the client is not in a european country | |
if ( in_array( $response, EUROPEAN_ALPHA_TWO_COUNTRY_CODES ) ) { | |
return; | |
} | |
// finally virtually deactivate the gdpr plugin | |
\add_filter( 'option_active_plugins', 'virtually_deactivate_gdpr_plugin' ); |
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