user IP

[pluginbaby]

Is there a PHP Function to get the IP from the users on my site?

[shocker-z]

$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

that should do the trick..

Liam

[pluginbaby]

It works perfectly, only, my brother his pc and my pc are on the same network (wireless)and with him the IP shows the same as on my pc.

Is there something that is different for every pc?
And how can I get that?

I want a unique value for every pc ;)

[shocker-z]

what is it that tyou are trying to limit? you may be able to use sessions..

[pluginbaby]

I want to prevent that someone has more then 1 account on 1 pc. ;D

Any idea how?

[pluginbaby]

[code]<?php

$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// insert in db

// select from db all players with that id

// if there is more then 1 players with the same IP => set multi status +1

if (empty($_COOKIE['cookie_user'])) {

setcookie("cookie_user","$username",Time()+604800);
}

if ($_COOKIE['cookie_user'] != $username) {

//update multi status: +1

}

// if multi status = 6, send admin a message with the user beeing spotted for multiing

?>[/code]

I came up with a basic idea, does this look good?

[448191]

You can not rely on IP to determin wether a person (or more specificly a pc) has multiple accounts. Some people share their IP, some have dynamic IP's, it simply won't do. Cookies aren't relyable either. It's just a plain file, I (the user) can adjust it as I see fit. Your best option is to bind the users' MAC adress, as it doesn't change (often).

I recently ran into [url=http://forums.devarticles.com/general-programming-help-4/how-can-i-find-out-the-user-mac-address-1846.html]this[/url] thread on DevShed that'll give you an insight.