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The command is giving the IP of the NTL proxy type thing that us NTL users get, which is 80.4.224.4, instead of my real IP address.   The only IP plugin etc. for messeger plus! which gives my real IP address is "IP Plug MSN Client" made by Hah which can be found here: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=19...d=183650#pid183650

It's not a problem because I have the plugin, I'd just thought I'd say.

Hum.. do you have an idea how this plugin gets your IP? The way I work is simply to send a request to my server and ask it about your IP as it sees it.

BTW, TheDude, do websites like http://www.whatismyip.com/ give you your correct IP?

No whatsmyip.com doesn't get it right, but sites such as http://www.grc.com 's "shieldsup" does.  Most forums get its wrong I find, but some get it right it varies from site to site.

The plugin does much the same as plus: it accesses a web page done in PHP and located at http://members.lycos.co.uk/itstom/ipplug/ip.php

Tis a PHP script don't know if that makes any difference, I think it just depends on the way of retrieving the IP with HTML or whatever, some methods are more accurate.

http://www.showmyip.com <-- is that one correct?

and btw, i'm pretty sure all the servers are the same.

Yes www.showmyip.com gets it right

Well, then, I'd like to know what PHP parameter they use... if you can get this, I'll fix your problem asap.

I'll guess that's just an auto-assigned variable by php

code:

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$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

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Could be used...

code:

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print $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

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Well, that's exactly what I use right now

REMOTE_ADDR is the most reliable/common, and can be trusted. However, it doesn't always show the correct IP if you're using a proxy. For that, you need HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR, but keep in mind that it can be spoofed, or contain dodgy values such as "unknown" or multiple IPs added by multiple proxies.

Very simple example that doesn't check if HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR is valid (I'm lazy )...

code:

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if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) {
    echo $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
    echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}

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