Inconsistent IP address extracted with PHP - Give me a hint, please!

[Daniel Pope]

Dear All,

I'm not new in PHP at all but it's the first time when I used the variable
_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR].
I need to track for my client, the vistors IP addresses but I got stuck with
this
problem:
I have a cable access at home so I have dedicated ( fixed IP address) and I
tried to record on my server side php script my IP address from home, but I
got always 2 distinct IP addresses: one is x.y.z.204 when I type directly
the PHP script URL from the server into my browser and the second one is
x.y.z.236 when I used a booked link (from my browseer favorites) to the same
PHP URL on the server and also when I use a http link from any html document
towards the same above mentioned PHP URL on the server.
So, I get reported 2 IP addresses of my home computer when I try to record
on a php side script my home computer IP address always the same in the
above mentioned circomstances.
I've tried it for almost 2 days with the same results.
Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Daniel P.

[Daniel Tryba]

Re: Inconsistent IP address extracted with PHP - Give me a hint, please!

Daniel Pope <daniel-po@shaw.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
> _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR].
> I need to track for my client, the vistors IP addresses[/color]

There are many reasons _not_ to track ip addrs, you might be running
into one of them.
[color=blue]
> problem:[/color]
[color=blue]
> I have a cable access at home so I have dedicated ( fixed IP address)
> and I tried to record on my server side php script my IP address from
> home, but I got always 2 distinct IP addresses: one is x.y.z.204 when
> I type directly the PHP script URL from the server into my browser
> and the second one is x.y.z.236 when I used a booked link (from my
> browseer favorites) to the same PHP URL on the server and also when I
> use a http link from any html document towards the same above
> mentioned PHP URL on the server.[/color]

It's not probable that your problem has somehting to do with PHP.

You know your fixed ipaddress, is it one of the 2 you mentioned? My
guess is that you passing thru a (transparent) loadbalancing proxy.
There are hints in the $_SERVER array (like the keys 'via',
'x_forwarded_fo r' or 'client_ip').

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Daniel Tryba

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: Inconsistent IP address extracted with PHP - Give me a hint, please!

"Daniel Pope" <daniel-po@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<8Vmfc.122 074$Ig.70434@pd 7tw2no>...[color=blue]
> Dear All,
>
> I'm not new in PHP at all but it's the first time when I used the variable
> _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR].
> I need to track for my client, the vistors IP addresses but I got stuck with
> this
> problem:
> I have a cable access at home so I have dedicated ( fixed IP address) and I
> tried to record on my server side php script my IP address from home, but I
> got always 2 distinct IP addresses: one is x.y.z.204 when I type directly
> the PHP script URL from the server into my browser and the second one is
> x.y.z.236 when I used a booked link (from my browseer favorites) to the same
> PHP URL on the server and also when I use a http link from any html document
> towards the same above mentioned PHP URL on the server.
> So, I get reported 2 IP addresses of my home computer when I try to record
> on a php side script my home computer IP address always the same in the
> above mentioned circomstances.
> I've tried it for almost 2 days with the same results.
> Any hints would be greatly appreciated.[/color]

You may need i2c_realip() available at
<http://in.php.net/source.php?url=/include/ip-to-country.inc>

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