This is what I use, I think I got it off the online documentation. I use it to track users and it checks for proxys.
if ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] != "") {$IP = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]; $proxy = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_ADDR"]; $host = @gethostbyaddr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]);} else {$IP = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_ADDR"]; $host = @gethostbyaddr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_ADDR"]);} -Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeroen Timmers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "[PHP-DB]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] help - to get client IP > Someone please help me of how I could get the client IP using PHP, when i > use $remote_addr it gives me the server IP, Kindly help how I could get the > IP of clients who are connected to my server or website. > > $ip = gethostbyname($REMOTE_HOST); > > the you got the IP of the remote user. > > Jeroen Timmers > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php