How to get the machine name who visits the file.php

$machine_name = gethostbyaddr($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]);

Hope this helps

nope, it gets the host

Does it give the IP address?

i don't want the ip address, im askin for a scipt wich prints the machine name.
machine name means the PC name (lan pc name), ok?

Thats what I am saying... gethostbyaddr($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]); does just that. Unless ofcourse there is no hostname for the particular IP address. OK?

so, obviously that's not what i want, thx

Do you mean to say that gethostbyaddr DOES NOT give you the machine name? Tell me that I'm a fool for using the function all this time in my scripts.

So much for trying to help people...

it returns:
XX.XX.XX.XXX.proxycache.rima-tde.net

thats not what i want >:(

It depends on how your website is accessed by the remote client. If he/she accesses it over the internet (using http://www.remotehost.com) then, you get the above name. If he/she accesses it using http://intranetname, then you get the actual machine name.

It all depends on how your server recognizes the remote machine.

True...

Just out of curiousity, can you tell me how my answer was different from the one you accepted?