[FX.php List] [OFF] Getting visitor's IP
Kevin Futter
kfutter at sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au
Thu Aug 21 19:52:45 MDT 2008
On 22/08/08 11:46 AM, "Bob Patin" <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> Thanks, that's the command Jonathan Schwartz sent me; I don't need to
> list them both in my code then, do I, since I'm using OS X Server?
>
> Can't I just use the one that works and forget about REMOTE_ADDR?
>
You *can*, but normalising them makes your code portable to other systems,
and future-proofs it against changes in OS X Server (what if suddenly they
revert to using REMOTE_ADDR?).
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Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
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