get computername

[vbnullchar]

how can i get the computer name?

[Yesideez]

What do you mean exactly by the computer name?

[vbnullchar]

im need to trace where the user used the script.. how will i know his local ip/computer name,

this code

gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

returns the proxy ip address but i dont need this i need the local ip address

[hackerkts]

Do you mean this?

function get_ip()
{
    if (getenv("HTTP_CLIENT_IP")) $ip = getenv("HTTP_CLIENT_IP");
    else if(getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR")) $ip = getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR");
    else if(getenv("REMOTE_ADDR")) $ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
    else $ip = "0.0.0.0"; //Unknown
    return $ip;
}

[vbnullchar]

Do you mean this?

function get_ip()
{
    if (getenv("HTTP_CLIENT_IP")) $ip = getenv("HTTP_CLIENT_IP");
    else if(getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR")) $ip = getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR");
    else if(getenv("REMOTE_ADDR")) $ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
    else $ip = "0.0.0.0"; //Unknown
    return $ip;
}

 

it returns the ip address of the proxy server not the client

[Yesideez]

You can't get the name of the computer using PHP. The best you can do is get their IP address.

[vbnullchar]

You can't get the name of the computer using PHP. The best you can do is get their IP address.

 

i see, but how if im behind a proxy server