How to determine the country by coordinates?

Question

PHP

There is an array like:

location => Array(
   [lng] => 33.52
   [lat] => 44.60
)

How can I determine the location in PHP using these coordinates?

Answer 1

use reverse geocoding from the Osmo nominatim i.e.
nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse.php?format=xml...
query language see Nominatim

Answer 2

The task is called reverse geocoding.
https://github.com/daveross/offline-country-revers...
You can do it differently if you take border data, load it into a database with spatial functions (PostGIS, SpatiaLite) and make a simple query to find a point inside that or other geometry.