log comptuer name?

dreams4000

Hey all,

I have a php site on a local network that folks will be filling out a form on. I would like to be able to automatically log their computer name when they fill it out. I can get their ip addy, but not sure about the computer name. Is there any way to do this? Thanks!

Roger_Ramjet

Have a look at this http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyaddr.php, especially the user comments at the bottom.

dreams4000

Thanks for the info. The script works if I am running it on my local machine.. when I put it up on the network's server however, any computer that logs in, it only logs: ipaddy.somehost.com while on my local machine it logs mycomputer'sname.somehost.com I need it to do the my computer's name part.. Any ideas why it is switching to showing the ip addy first once its on the server? Something to do with going through the routers and such maybe?

dreams4000

Just for quick reference.. the code I am using is simply:

$name = gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
echo $name;

If it put the name while being on the server, like it does if I run it on my local machine... that would be cool but havn't seen anyone mention how to do this on the forums.. any ideas?