Any solution for my pitfall

I tried getting my ip address using server global function remote addr but this is wat i getting.

Different ip that is not the same with my phone ip.

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This is my website to see the error

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Are you using wifi to connect to the website?

webapi:
Are you using wifi to connect to the website?

noooo my data

dodgelord:
Any solution for my pitfall

I tried getting my ip address using server global function remote addr but this is wat i getting.

Different ip that is not the same with my phone ip.

Photo below


This is my website to see the error

Advisedlyremove

What remote addr shows is your public addresss which is provided by your Mobile operators/ISPs. There is no way to get your phone private ip address in php, head over to whatismyipaddress. com you will see that it grabs same IP address as your php code.

Codedboy95:


What remote addr shows is your public addresss which is provided by your Mobile operators/ISPs. There is no way to get your phone private ip address in php, head over to whatismyipaddress. com you will see that it grabs same IP address as your php code.

i try to using my mom phone to access my site to see if i will get a diff ip,,,,, but they re the same.

dodgelord:



i try to using my mom phone to access my site to see if i will get a diff ip,,,,, but they re the same.

Which network are you using?

webapi:


Which network are you using?

glo

dodgelord:
glo

Visit this website to see your ip address and compare with what you are getting in php https://whatismyipaddress.com/

webapi:

Visit this website to see your ip address and compare with what you are getting in php https://whatismyipaddress.com/

see wat am getting

webapi:

Visit this website to see your ip address and compare with what you are getting in php https://whatismyipaddress.com/

Here's wat am trying to pass to u.

I used 3 phones to access my site to see if it will give a different IP.

But, still getting the ip number no changes

dodgelord:


Here's wat am trying to pass to u.

I used 3 phones to access my site to see if it will give a different IP.

But, still getting the ip number no changes

Ofcourse it will give you same ip because the ip address php is getting is from your ISP and the location. Php cannot have access to your device details. Only if you are building a mobile app you can have such access. That is why websites uses ip address to block visitors based on location. You cannot block a visitor based on his/her device. So yes your php code is doing the right thing. Hope this helps

webapi:

Ofcourse it will give you same ip because the ip address php is getting is from your ISP and the location. Php cannot have access to your device details. Only if you are building a mobile app you can have such access. That is why websites uses ip address to block visitors based on location. You cannot block a visitor based on his/her device. So yes your php code is doing the right thing. Hope this helps

Nice.....

Which one is nairaland using to get guest online?

dodgelord:


Nice.....

Which one is nairaland using to get guest online?

Well i can't tell what nairaland is using but i get mine using socket io. If you are familiar with that, you should be able to get realtime visitors count. Also do not store these info in your database. You don't want to overload your database with a temporary counter. Hope this helps

webapi:

Well i can't tell what nairaland is using but i get mine using socket io. If you are familiar with that, you should be able to get realtime visitors count. Also do not store these info in your database. You don't want to overload your database with a temporary counter. Hope this helps

where should i store it

dodgelord:
where should i store it

Don't store it anywhere if what you are looking for is visitors counts. Just display the counter on your frontend. Hope this helps

webapi:

Don't store it anywhere if what you are looking for is visitors counts. Just display the counter on your frontend. Hope this helps

when the visitor leaves the site it will delete from the db

dodgelord:



when the visitor leaves the site it will delete from the db

If you can do it that way that's fine