On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:42:21 +0000, Nick Talbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 9:38 am, N Deepak wrote: > > Jacques wrote: > > > Which function can I use to capture a user's IP Address when he registers > > > on my site. I would like to store this value in a database. > > > > print $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; > > > > --Deepak > > ..But be careful! -If the user is going via a proxy to access your server > that will be the IP address of the cache server, not the originating client. > > - Nick
I have seen many "my-ip"-scripts that read the X-Forwared-For:-header, and if it is empty it uses the REMOTR_ADDR. The problem doing it this way; the X-Forwarded-For-header can easly be modified and the IP-address "faked". The solution is to save both if it is for logging, and use REMOTE_ADDR for everything else. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
