PHP Help

Ay,

I have a login script. Everytime a user logs in, it records their IP. In order to ensure that they aren't using a proxy to hide their IP, I want to be able to record their real IP. Most proxies use the $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] header from what I know so I need a PHP script that checks to see if that header (or $_SERVER['VIA'];) exists and if it does, save that IP instead (I can code that last one). Is there a way to check if a SERVER var exists?

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Well you can do it two ways, but ones faster than the other.

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if (isset($_SERVER['var']))
{

} 


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or

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if (array_key_exists('var', $_SERVER))
{

} 


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you could also do

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if (empty($_SERVER['var']) === false)
{
  
} 


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The first one Is faster than the second and I'm not sure about the third.

Thanks +rep

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Originally Posted by Fazon

Thanks +rep

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Once again iszak got it in a nutshell but you could also do:

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if (!$_SERVER['var']!)
{

} 


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