Merge pull request ibericode#34 from mixisLv/patch-1

Update Countries.php

fix test for first second of 2021

stop using JsonVatClient in tests

merge ibericode#25

Merge pull request ibericode#24 from malengrin/allow-letter-in-fr-vat…

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Allow letter in validation key of french VAT number. Thanks @malengrin

make ext-soap optional, but suggest it anyway

move empty check to validateIpAddress method

move empty check to validateIpAddress method

use HTTPS for ip2c geolocation service

Merge pull request ibericode#12 from roelvanduijnhoven/lazy-initializ…

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Lazy instantiate VIES SOAP client. Thanks @roelvanduijnhoven