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Wildhoney · 12-09-2008, 03:38 AM

php Code:

$szHost = gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
echo 'Your host is: ' . $szHost;

The $REMOTE_ADDR method you're using is a really old way. I think that's attempting to use super-globals. I used them only once when freelancing at one particular place.

12-09-2008, 03:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Wildhoney La Vida es Sueño Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oldham Posts: 2,280 Thanks: 90	php Code: $szHost = gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']); echo 'Your host is: ' . $szHost; The `$REMOTE_ADDR` method you're using is a really old way. I think that's attempting to use super-globals. I used them only once when freelancing at one particular place. __________________ The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out.