Simple String problem, urgent help needed

[Anon]

Hi chaps,
Im trying to write a quick routine that will detect whether the user connecting is from a valid IP address... but so far it wont detect that the ip i have specified, and the ip connecting are the same, even when i echo both values and i also check their types (both strings)... i have tried casting both as string types too...heres the code...

$ValidIP = "213.36.162.88";

//TESTING -- see if ip's are the same...
echo "ValidIP is " . $ValidIP . " and REMOTE_ADDR is " . $REMOTE_ADDR . "<p>";

if ($ValidIP == $REMOTE_ADDR)
{
echo "invalid connection";
}
else
{
echo "valid connection";
}

whats goin' on?

[Anon]

oops, should also add that that should be != and not ==, i do know this, i was just sodding around in testing...
that isnt the problem...

[Anon]

this should work (but i guess you know that allready :-) I haven't had problems comparing strings so far ... are you sure they are exactly the same ??

have you tried to take out the dots and change the ip-adresses into integer and than comparing them ??

[Anon]

Try this!,

$myTempVar = Trim($REMOTE_ADDR);

if ( $ValidIP == $myTempVar )
doSomething;
else
doShomethingElse;

Hope this help.