[PHP] Trying to put ips into database

[Leif K-Brooks]

I'm trying:
$query = mysql_query("select COUNT(*) as rowexists from ips where ip =
'$REMOTE_ADDR'");
$result = mysql_fetch_array($query);
if($result['rowexists'] == false){
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `ips` (`ip`) VALUES ('$REMOTE_ADDR')");
}


But it keeps putting the ip into tthe array, even if it's already there, and
it only gets the first section of the ip!  What am I doing wrong?