Help Im so lost

[PatOD]

Okay so i'm trying to get this persons IP address who has been threatening me on myspace. I dont know who the person is but i was told if i do the following steps i will be able to get their IP and then find out who they are. How do i create a php file? the rest looks pretty simple

1. Create a .php file on any server you have read write access to.

2. Here is what the .PHP file can look like:

Code:
<?php
$filename = 'myspace_iplog.txt';
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

if (is_writable($filename)) {
if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
exit;
}
if (fwrite($handle, $ip) === FALSE) {
exit;
}
fclose($handle);
}

?>
More info on fwrite can be viewed here: http://us2.php.net/fwrite3. On your myspace page include this html:

Code:
<embed src=yourpage.php width=1 height=1></embed>

4. Everytime someone views your page it will record their ip to the file myspace_iplog.txt on your server (this blank text file needs to be created before the script will work)

[fean0r]

simply paste that code into a text editor and file save as... filename.php

You will also need to add that code to the pages the person actually visits (ie your index.php )

[TenFold]

just use this simple code...

<?php
fwrite(fopen("iplog.txt","a"),"$_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]\n");
?>

that will write their IP to a file called iplog.txt in whatever directory the script is in, open up notepad, paste that 3 lined script, and save as logip.php and upload to a server with php, then just make a small frame to it like <iframe src="http://somesite.com/user/logip.php" width=1 height=1></iframe>
and with the script, it will make the file by itself, no need for creating one before hand.

[Roger_Ramjet]

Best of luck resolving the IPs to real people. It will only work if the have a static IP address, which most home users do not.

At a minimum you want to also record the time of the visit alongside the IPs. You will be able to find out who the service provbider is that they are using from the IP, but they will need the exact time to have any chance of identifying the account holder who was using it if it is a dynamic IP.

You will be out of luck if the service provider uses proxies, like AOL do, or if the user is net-savvy and surfs through an anonymous proxy.

[inverse_chi]

i dont think iframes work on myspace.... best of luck with this, post your results, as in does it actually work..

[Roger_Ramjet]

inverse.chi wrote:

i dont think iframes work on myspace.... best of luck with this, post your results, as in does it actually work..

EH?? What has the host got to do with an iframe working or not? It's just another page request to the server.

[inverse_chi]

myspace blocks alot of code, and i dont think iframes do work... or this might just me being lame.

[TenFold]

will php even work on myspace?