problem with REMOTE_ADDR

[bawar]

I want to put a script on my site that shows how many users are online
on my site. I found one, and that is shown below. It also shows a
log with the IP-addresses of those visitors. Buuut... the counter
always stays on 1...
When I look at the log, every visitor seems to have the same
IP-address. When I look up that address, I see it is from the host of
my webspace.

Can someone offer me a solution?
Thanx,

Bart
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include ("./config.php3");

if (!$datei) $datei = dirname(__FILE__)."/$filename";
$time = @time();
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
$string = "$ip|$time\n";
$a = fopen("$filename", "a+");
fputs($a, $string);
fclose($a);

$timeout = time()-(60*$timer);

$all = "";
$i = 0;
$datei = file($filename);
for ($num = 0; $num < count($datei); $num++) {
$pieces = explode("|",$datei[$num]);

if ($pieces[1] > $timeout) {
$all .= $pieces[0];
$all .= ",";
}
$i++;
}

$all = substr($all,0,strlen($all)-1);
$arraypieces = explode(",",$all);
$useronline = count(array_flip(array_flip($arraypieces)));

// display how many people where activ within $timeout
echo $useronline;

// Delete
$dell = "";
for ($numm = 0; $numm < count($datei); $numm++) {
$tiles = explode("|",$datei[$numm]);
if ($tiles[1] > $timeout) {
$dell .= "$tiles[0]|$tiles[1]";
}
}

if (!$datei) $datei = dirname(__FILE__)."/$filename";
$time = @time();
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
$string = "$dell";
$a = fopen("$filename", "w+");
fputs($a, $string);
fclose($a);
?>

[Robert Downes]

Try

$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]

instead.
--
Bob
London, UK
echo Mail fefsensmrrjyaheeoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk"

[bawar]

> Try

$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]

instead.

the problem remains :s ...
Some other scripts also take the IP from the users, and that works...

[Robert Downes]

bawar wrote:

Try

$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]

instead.

the problem remains :s ...
Some other scripts also take the IP from the users, and that works...

$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] gives you your own IP address? That is weird.
Sounds like some funky-ass network configuration your web host is using.
(Like a bad proxy server which only reports its IP.) If so, I don't
think you'll be able to fix that. Web hosts are very stubborn about
fixing their network setups. I'm trying to persuade mine to get the
latest version of PHP 'cause a script I've written depends on a new
function.

Ah, to be able to run a server from home on a fat connection...
--
Bob
London, UK
echo Mail fefsensmrrjyaheeoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk"