Re: [PHP] IP security check

2001-08-08 Thread Tom Carter
Another point is to remember that each page request may come from a different IP address. For example, where I work in IBM, every out going connection goes from one of 30 or so boxes, each with their iwn IP, so in the process of browsing a site each request for a file can come from one of those I

Re: [PHP] IP security check

2001-08-07 Thread René Moonen
Try this code: if(getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR")) { $ip=getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"); } else { $ip=getenv("REMOTE_ADDR"); } $host = gethostbyaddr($ip); And check out http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php However, I think it is very unsafe to base your payment transactions on

Re: [PHP] IP security check

2001-08-07 Thread Tyler Longren
$REMOTE_ADDR will give you the user's IP...it can't get the "un-spoofed" ip though. Tyler Longren Captain Jack Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.captainjack.com On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:37:09 -0500 "matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For secure payment pages, I need for the code to determine