REMOTE_ADDR/HOST

[Anon]

Earlier posts said that if you did:

$address = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR);

then you get the hostname. I set up a script that logs the person's visit and saves it to a text file:

<?
$address = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR);
$time = date("h:i:s D d M Y");
$add = $address." ".$time."<br>";
fwrite($newfile, $add);
fclose($newfile);
?>

This works and a text file is appended to each time but the hostname is always called localhost. How do i find out what domain they came from like aol or something?

Thanks.

[Anon]

oh yeah, and on an unconnected topic, is it possible to create new text files?

[Anon]

actually ignore that, bloody terrapin wont let me change directory CHMOD, still dont know about the domain name thing though?