IP BAN

[DeanWhitehouse]

How can i ban someones ip, i am assuming that when they sign up i need to collect that data and post it to the database, then how can i ban it(if what i said is right)

i would like to do the same with there username and email.

[DarkWater]

IP's can be dynamic, so don't store it on signup.  Store bans, and check it their IP when they access the page against the ban table.  You can get there IP by tracking the IP/username combo from which a message was posted (assuming you're building a forum).

[Northern Flame]

you can also do it via .htaccess

[DeanWhitehouse]

how do i track there IP and how do i actually ban it?

[DarkWater]

how do i track there IP and how do i actually ban it?

 

$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

 

Then you can do whatever you want with it.

[Northern Flame]

or with .htaccess you can do this:

 

.htaccess

<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
deny from {ip address}
allow from all
</Limit>

 

replace {ip address} with the ip address you want to ban

[DeanWhitehouse]

using one of them methods, is it possible to show them a message if there ip is banned and if it isn't show them something else,

something like this

$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; //how can i store this address to ban them as this only shows the address???

if($ip == user1);
{
echo "go away";
}

else
{
echo "Hello, we like you";
}