Preserved Topic: logging ip adress with php?

is it possible to get the users ip using php?
if so, how?

im planning to use it in a form:
<input type=hidden value=$php_ip>

well, it's easier:

if (getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)) {

	$onlineip = getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR);

} else { $onlineip = getenv(REMOTE_ADDR); }

$onlineip stores the ip...

thanks a lot!!!

Could somebody give me a couple of reasons why you would want to log ip's, and what you would do with them once you have them?

Thanks

np.

to ban them... (for those with static ip's)

security.

also the asylum logs ip adresses.

personally i will use this for a guestbook i write for a customer.

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hmmmm. that's a point, ini.

but, i dont wanna identify the user, i just want to have something i can start with, if someone posts illegal things etc. it's only security. nothing to do with collecting userids.

what about that: http://212.184.142.80/guestbook.php ?

still unfinished...

InI, you shouldn't rely very much on cookies, because not all web surfers have them enabled (i.e. I enabled them only for forums like this one).

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

there has been a scandal some time ago, when it has been discovered that the company doubleclick did exactly this, whenever someone clicked on an ad banner.
they had userprofiles of a huge number of internetusers including interests, online-time, ISP, etc...

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

doubleclick logged the bannerclicks of users identifying them using cookies. if a user often clicked on car-ads, doubleclick knew, that he is interested in cars and automobiles. and so on...
that's the negative part of cookie.

on the other hand cookies can be very comfortable. see the asylum.

the java problem has been solved, it was a version conflict.
i did that for my boss. i dont know any more details about it. i just was needed to solve that problem

edit: typo

[This message has been edited by GRUMBLE (edited 07-18-2001).]