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Old version trouble with $_SERVER variables? [message #179825] Mon, 10 December 2012 19:05 Go to next message
C is currently offline  C
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What is causing the $host, $realhost and $referer variables to be
blank?

<?php

global $host;

$date = date("F jS Y, h:iA");

$host=@gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

if ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] != "")
{$realhost =
@gethostbyaddr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]);}

$referer = $_SERVER['$HTTP_REFERER'];

mail("my.address@whatever", "visitor information", "$host at $date
from
$referer.
Forwarded for $realhost");


?>
Re: Old version trouble with $_SERVER variables? [message #179826 is a reply to message #179825] Mon, 10 December 2012 20:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Salvatore is currently offline  Salvatore
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On 2012-12-10, C <wrong(dot)address(dot)1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> What is causing the $host, $realhost and $referer variables to be
> blank?

It's possible that the gethostbyaddr() function is failing and no referrer
is sent.

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Re: Old version trouble with $_SERVER variables? [message #179827 is a reply to message #179825] Mon, 10 December 2012 20:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
M. Strobel is currently offline  M. Strobel
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Am 10.12.2012 20:05, schrieb C:
> What is causing the $host, $realhost and $referer variables to be
> blank?
>
> <?php
>
> global $host;
>
> $date = date("F jS Y, h:iA");
>
> $host=@gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

You should not suppress error messages when you are trying to find an error.

/Str.
Re: Old version trouble with $_SERVER variables? [message #179828 is a reply to message #179826] Mon, 10 December 2012 21:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
The Natural Philosoph is currently offline  The Natural Philosoph
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On 10/12/12 20:37, Salvatore wrote:
> On 2012-12-10, C <wrong(dot)address(dot)1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> What is causing the $host, $realhost and $referer variables to be
>> blank?
>
> It's possible that the gethostbyaddr() function is failing and no referrer
> is sent.
>
If it is happening across all browsers its more likely that the web
server is failing to invoke PHP with the correct arguments set so that
COULD be a server configuration problem.

I don't know how the linkage is achieved though, so that's the limit of
my Thought.


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Re: Old version trouble with $_SERVER variables? [message #179829 is a reply to message #179825] Mon, 10 December 2012 23:41 Go to previous message
Gregor Kofler is currently offline  Gregor Kofler
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Am 2012-12-10 20:05, C meinte:
> What is causing the $host, $realhost and $referer variables to be
> blank?
>
> <?php
>
> global $host;
>
> $date = date("F jS Y, h:iA");
>
> $host=@gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
>
> if ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] != "")
> {$realhost =
> @gethostbyaddr($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]);}

$HTTP_SERVER_VARS has been deprecated since ages.

> $referer = $_SERVER['$HTTP_REFERER'];

Shouldn't that be $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']?
If gethostbyaddr() was coded with the same rigor, it's highly plausible
that the other variables are "empty", too. Which they aren't. Turn on
your error reporting and fix your bugs.

Gregor
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