user information

[nunomira]

i'm trying to colect user information using

$browser = $HTTP_USER_AGENT; 
$ip = $REMOTE_ADDR; 
echo ($REMOTE_ADDR);
echo($HTTP_USER_AGENT);

when I test it in a free domain (lycos.co.uk) it works, but when I test it in my domain it doesn't

why does this happen? what can I do about it?

[mogster]

Your register_globals in the php.ini might be set to off.

Try:

# Collect the ip-adress from the client ##
if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) {
if(!eregi("unknown", $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$thisip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
$thisip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}
} else { 
$thisip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}
global $thisip;

## User-agent ##
$usersw = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
global $usersw;

The script does a check of the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR (proxy-ip) to see if it is "unknown", which often is the case.

knutm

[laserlight]

well, it could be that you dont have register_globals set to On, which can be a Good Thing.

In both cases (lycos and your domain, as you say), use

$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; 
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 
echo $ip;
echo $browser;

[nunomira]

correct!
it is set to off.
now it works

thank you both!

[laserlight]

np

I think we were a little too enthusiastic, seems like 3 threads we have posted similar replies at about the same time 😃

[nunomira]

that increases the trust in the answer!

[mogster]

Haha!
Yes, I noticed that too 😃

knutm