How to get the remote_host name of a visitor?

Rather than re-inventing the wheel, it might be worthwhile you checking out:

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Web_Traffic_Analysis/

Ant

If you'd like to get the real name (vdp029.lar01.cas.hol.gr) you need a whois scripts
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Networking_Tools/Whois/

All links provides by a.marsh are good.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyaddr.php

take a look at the above

echo "visitor #1 IP:".$REMOTE_ADDR." connected from ".gesthostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR) at time (".date("D M j G:i:s Y").")";

Ok Thanks All of you for your inerest. I need some time to evaluate the comments.

So far I tried the gesthostbyaddr command. The problem with this command is that the most ip adresses connot be resolved. As a result, in most cases, the gethostbyaddr returns the ip itselft.

 I have to try the us111 and the hqijj comment before accepting the a.marsh comment as an answer.

In case that the us111 or the hqijj comments overlap with the a.marsh comment i will accept the a.marsh's because it was the first response to my question.

Thanks all of you once again.

Hi. the problem has as follows.
while the nslookup and host command of the linux works perfect in resolving an ip address, the php command

gesthostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR) does not work properly.

i.e

linux:
bash-2.04$ nslookup 213.249.18.67
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    cekif1.panafonet.gr
Address:  213.249.18.67        
---------------------------------------

bash-2.04$ host 213.249.18.67
67.18.249.213.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer cekif1.panafonet.gr
bash-2.04$    

------------------------------------------------

echo gesthostbyaddr(213.249.18.67);
output:213.249.18.67


what is going wrong?

try using this instead of gethostbyaddr

echo gethostbyname(213.249.18.67);

No hiqijj it does not work. the result is the ip itself.

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From: spap  Date: 07/24/2001 06:10AM PST  
Ok Thanks All of you for your inerest. I need some time to evaluate the comments.

So far I tried the gesthostbyaddr command. The problem with this command is that the most ip adresses
connot be resolved. As a result, in most cases, the gethostbyaddr returns the ip itselft.

I have to try the us111 and the hqijj comment before accepting the a.marsh comment as an answer.

In case that the us111 or the hqijj comments overlap with the a.marsh comment i will accept the a.marsh's
because it was the first response to my question.

Thanks all of you once again.  

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Ant

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