Re: [PHP] general time question

2008-01-22 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sun, January 20, 2008 5:30 pm, jekillen wrote: > I am developing an application that uses php with Apache. > A user requests a script file from a web site and the server > takes such things as $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS'] You *DO* understand that large-scale ISP's users will change their IP addre

Re: [PHP] general time question

2008-01-21 Thread Daniel Brown
On Jan 20, 2008 8:36 PM, Jochem Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > now for the juicy bit - you have *no* garantee that the system clock and/or > the timezone setting on the client machine is anything like correct. actually > the chances that it is not are quite high - disregarding idiots, just think

Re: [PHP] general time question

2008-01-20 Thread Jochem Maas
jekillen schreef: Hello again; I am developing an application that uses php with Apache. A user requests a script file from a web site and the server takes such things as $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS'] $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS'] is a pretty useless value for the age old reason that, for instance, A

[PHP] general time question

2008-01-20 Thread jekillen
Hello again; I am developing an application that uses php with Apache. A user requests a script file from a web site and the server takes such things as $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS'] and uses php's time() function to record the time in utc code (which would be the server's system time) and other bit