Re: Problem with REMOTE_ADDR

$REMOTE_ADDR is not necessarily going to be the user.. as previously stated quite often users are behind a router in which case $REMOTE_ADDR is going to contain the IP of the Proxy server. $HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR will only work if the Proxy sends it which most do not. The only solution is to use Sessions or Cookies to distinguish users behind identical IPs. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin S. Dome" <kevin@icefantum.net> To: "Leif K-Brooks" <eurleif@buyer-brokerage.com> Cc: "Chris Cook" <cjc1800@hotmail.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem with REMOTE_ADDR > This is the string I use to display a user their ip address, I am not sure > if this is what you are looking for but I figured I would drop my 2 cents > in. > > <?php echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']?> > > > > > > > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > > > Have you tried a web site such as www.getmyipaddress.com to see if it's > > on your end or your script's? > > > > Chris Cook wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > Whenever I use REMOTE_ADDR, it gives me the IP of the server. Of > > > course, I am not interested in this and want the IP of the client. I > > > put this code in to resolve it and it still didnt work. What am I > > > doing wrong? > > > > > > Thanks for any help in advance, > > > Chris > > > > > > if (getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)) { > > > $ip = getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARD_FOR'); > > > $host = gethostbyaddr($ip); > > > } else { > > > $ip = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'); > > > $host = gethostbyaddr($ip); > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > > > http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------- > Kevin S. Dome > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >