Hi all,
I need to know the exact ip of who is entering a site and I'm worried about proxies
and spoofing. From php.net:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php
This was listed:
This gives you the right ip:
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
I don't know too much about this, but IP checking is not a reliable way
of identification anyway. Depending on how people connect to the
internet, some people will have different IPs every time. Since I use a
cable modem, my IP address rarely changes (if ever) so I use it as a
safety net to
My problem is a touch different, I know the IP's of the visitors who can visit the
site, but I need to make sure that it's *really* them. Cookies are a potential
solution, but don't quite fit the bill due to some variables on the users sides - and
what I'm really keeping out are bots (that
You lost me... but it sounds like fun! :) BTW, can anything fake
$HTTP_REFERER?
I'm sure one of the pros on the list can answer your original question:
Is this really a fool-proof method of knowing exactly what the ip is
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
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