IP checker shows strange results...

try this:
http://php-fusion.co.uk/forum/viewthr...ost_113787

Ok, I'lll try that. Also I was wondering what the range if an IP address is, like does your neighbor have the same IP address as you? Does one IP cover 3 or 4 houses, or an entire block, or what?

IP Addresses are unique addresses for every device connected to the internet.
When two devices share the same IP address (on the same subnet) problems occur.
Your PC / router is supplied with a DHCP WAN IP address almost all of the time.
Certain providers can assign fixed IP addresses (for companies e.d.)

No two computers (or anything that connects to the internet) have the same IP address. In fact, the world is running out of IPv4 (the current type of IP's) unique addresses. It was planned that there would be one computer per family. But later to come in years will be IPv6, where each person will be able to have up to 1000's of computers, not that that is really a 'limit'. :P

Thanks. So, I edited that code in the maincore.php, and it still shows the same results. Anything else?

Ok, I looked in teh database. It appears that the users that have registered, but never logged in, all have the same IP address. BUT, this is not consistent. MOST of those users have the same IP, but some that have logged in also have that same IP, and more than one person has that same IP. So, it could be that some users have registered twice, I will find out. Is it normal for users that have registered, but not logged in, to all have the same IP address?

EDIT: Well, hold up. 2 users that have the same IP both are active and have logged in, posted on the forum etc. I know them from another site that has an IP check, and they have different IP's there. So they are not the same user, yet the DB shows that they have the same IP. I just don't get it. One user DID create 2 different accounts, and has never logged in, and both his accounts have thie IP: 68.88.5.179

Now, 2 other users (that I'm pretty sure are different people), and that have never logged in, also have the same IP address: 68.88.5.179

5 more users that have never logged in, and that all have the same IP, and that I'm pretty sure they are different people, have this IP: 38.99.70.199

7 more users have the same IP address, 38.99.70.199. All HAVE logged in. some of those users have even posted on the forum. I know at least 2 of those users are different, because they are members of that other IP-checking site that I am a member of, and they have different IP's.

And the rest of the users (including me) all have different IP's than everyone else.

So, either 3 people created 14 accounts (total). Or the IP's in the DB are screwed up. I think it's the second one. I don't have any clue why that would be happening.

Could be that you host is using some load-balancer / proxy. Thus users are registered at the IP of that device.

Find the following line in maincore.php:


and replace with:


This make sure that the users IP address is correctly resolved and put in the DB.
After that (already registered users IP addresses remain as they are) you can querying the db / table with the IP checker code.
make sure you check to see if a users has ever logged in or not...

(Thanks to Matonor for the code examples)

Ok, I did it again. Same results. Does it take awhile to notice the change?

It will resolve the IP address of a user after they have logged in (again). At least it should do.

Ok. I will look into it.

Yep, that worked. I just didn't know they had to log in again. Thanks.