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josephmmendez/gazetteer
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A package build on Laravel 5 which provides a list of all the the Countries with their states and suburbs

v1.0(7y ago)0119MITPHP

Since Feb 12Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Gazetteer
=========

[](#gazetteer)

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A package build on Laravel 5 which provides a list of all the the Countries with their states and suburbs

*Countries available right now:-*

- *Australia*
- *Maldives*

Install
-------

[](#install)

1- `composer require josephmmendez/gazetteer`

Open the file `config\app.php`

Add the following line to the providers array

`Subbe\Gazetteer\GazetteerServiceProvider::class,`

and this to the aliases array

`'Gazetteer' => Subbe\Gazetteer\Facades\GazetteerFacade::class,`

2- `php artisan vendor:publish`

Running this command will publish the migration and seed files to your application's 'migrations' and 'seeds' folder.

Update your `DatabaseSeeder.php` file found in your `database/seeds` folder and add the following to it.

- `$this->call(CountryTableSeeder::class);`
- `$this->call(StateTableSeeder::class);`
- `$this->call(SuburbTableSeeder::class);`
- `$this->call(MaldiveIslandsTableSeeder::class);`

Now run

3- `composer dump-autload`

4- `php artisan migrate`

This will add the 'countries', 'states', and 'suburbs' table to your database.

5- `php artisan db:seed`

Populate the tables created.

### Usage

[](#usage)

- `Gazetteer::countries()` -> returns a collection of available countries
- `Gazetteer::countries($country_code)` -> returns an instance of the requested country (searched by country code)
- `Gazetteer::countries($country_name)` -> returns an instance of the requested country (searched by country name)
- `Gazetteer::states($country_code)` -> returns a collection of states for a given country (searched by country code)
- `Gazetteer::states($country_name)` -> returns a collection of states for a given country (searched by country name)
- `Gazetteer::suburbs($country, $states)` -> returns a collection of states for a given country (searched by country name)
- `Gazetteer::suburb($input)` -> returns an instance of a suburb for a given postcode (searched by postcode)
- `Gazetteer::suburb($input)` -> returns an instance of a suburb for a given suburb name (searched by suburb name)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2648d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d137ac84c17b18cb154f28502063547bcdc18a1e85c866b90c7ae59a77b5b838?d=identicon)[JosephMendez](/maintainers/JosephMendez)

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