private function _common_get_record( $seek_country ) {
		// workaround php's broken substr, strpos, etc handling with
		// mbstring.func_overload and mbstring.internal_encoding
		$mbExists = extension_loaded( 'mbstring' );
		if ( $mbExists ) {
			$enc = mb_internal_encoding();
			mb_internal_encoding( 'ISO-8859-1' );
		}

		$record_pointer = $seek_country + ( 2 * $this->record_length - 1 ) * $this->databaseSegments;

		if ( $this->flags & self::GEOIP_MEMORY_CACHE ) {
			$record_buf = substr( $this->memory_buffer, $record_pointer, FULL_RECORD_LENGTH );
		} elseif ( $this->flags & self::GEOIP_SHARED_MEMORY ) {
			$record_buf = @shmop_read( $this->shmid, $record_pointer, FULL_RECORD_LENGTH );
		} else {
			fseek( $this->filehandle, $record_pointer, SEEK_SET );
			$record_buf = fread( $this->filehandle, FULL_RECORD_LENGTH );
		}

		$record                 = new WC_Geo_IP_Record();
		$record_buf_pos         = 0;
		$char                   = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos, 1 ) );
		$record->country_code   = $this->GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODES[ $char ];
		$record->country_code3  = $this->GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODES3[ $char ];
		$record->country_name   = $this->GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAMES[ $char ];
		$record->continent_code = $this->GEOIP_CONTINENT_CODES[ $char ];
		$str_length             = 0;

		$record_buf_pos++;

		// Get region
		$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		while ( 0 != $char ) {
			$str_length++;
			$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		}

		if ( $str_length > 0 ) {
			$record->region = substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos, $str_length );
		}

		$record_buf_pos += $str_length + 1;
		$str_length      = 0;

		// Get city
		$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		while ( 0 != $char ) {
			$str_length++;
			$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		}

		if ( $str_length > 0 ) {
			$record->city = substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos, $str_length );
		}

		$record_buf_pos += $str_length + 1;
		$str_length      = 0;

		// Get postal code
		$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		while ( 0 != $char ) {
			$str_length++;
			$char = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos + $str_length, 1 ) );
		}

		if ( $str_length > 0 ) {
			$record->postal_code = substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos, $str_length );
		}

		$record_buf_pos += $str_length + 1;

		// Get latitude and longitude
		$latitude  = 0;
		$longitude = 0;
		for ( $j = 0; $j < 3; ++$j ) {
			$char      = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos++, 1 ) );
			$latitude += ( $char << ( $j * 8 ) );
		}

		$record->latitude = ( $latitude / 10000 ) - 180;

		for ( $j = 0; $j < 3; ++$j ) {
			$char       = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos++, 1 ) );
			$longitude += ( $char << ( $j * 8 ) );
		}

		$record->longitude = ( $longitude / 10000 ) - 180;

		if ( self::GEOIP_CITY_EDITION_REV1 == $this->databaseType ) {
			$metroarea_combo = 0;
			if ( 'US' === $record->country_code ) {
				for ( $j = 0; $j < 3; ++$j ) {
					$char             = ord( substr( $record_buf, $record_buf_pos++, 1 ) );
					$metroarea_combo += ( $char << ( $j * 8 ) );
				}

				$record->metro_code = $record->dma_code = floor( $metroarea_combo / 1000 );
				$record->area_code  = $metroarea_combo % 1000;
			}
		}

		if ( $mbExists ) {
			mb_internal_encoding( $enc );
		}

		return $record;
	}