Re: [PHP] IP security check

IP's. - Original Message - From: "matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:37 PM Subject: [PHP] IP security check > For secure payment pages, I need for the code to determine the persons IP > address, even if they

Re: [PHP] IP security check

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

$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

[PHP] IP security check

For secure payment pages, I need for the code to determine the persons IP address, even if they have a "spoofer" running. Is this possible? Getting around the spoofer in order to catch criminals using illegal credit card #'s.. thanks -matt (cs student) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.