[PHP] IP and gethostbyaddr() --- difference?

Hello, I am doing a view stats for my website. I've seen that many of such statistic scripts store two values to identify the visitor: IP and getHostByAddr(IP) I've been searching..., but I don't get why the IP address isn't enough by itself?! What is the getHostByAddr() = Internet host

Re: [PHP] IP and gethostbyaddr() --- difference?

On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 00:28 +0100, Martin Zvarík wrote: Hello, I am doing a view stats for my website. I've seen that many of such statistic scripts store two values to identify the visitor: IP and getHostByAddr(IP) I've been searching..., but I don't get why the IP address isn't