# Getting IP from incoming browser

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 2, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513 "2003-01-02T15:58:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![NicoVB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@NicoVB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NicoVB)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/1 "2003-01-02T15:58:15Z")

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How do you get that?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/2 "2003-01-02T17:24:55Z")

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What do you mean?

Incoming browser to what? Your site? Your Messageboard?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/3 "2003-01-02T18:04:53Z")

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serverside scripting

ex: using php…

// PHP file named getip.php:  
\<?php  
echo “&ip=$REMOTE\_ADDR&”;  
?\>

// flash file, textfield in \_root named ‘ip’  
\_root.loadVariables(“getip.php”);

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/4 "2003-01-02T19:22:38Z")

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Can you do this also with [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET)?

What would the script than be like?

Tnx

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/5 "2003-01-02T19:37:30Z")

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Ive never used aspx so I dont know what the scripting is but you can see how easy it is with php, so a little research is sure to show you how.

first place to look [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/6 "2003-01-03T10:40:57Z")

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And if you want to assign that string to a variable named ip?? What do you have to do then?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/7 "2003-01-03T11:20:46Z")

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How do you get directly that ip in a variable???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/8 "2003-01-03T11:26:07Z")

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Also the script doesn’t work with a textbox !!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/9 "2003-01-03T11:54:06Z")

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I’ve managed to get it in a textbox. BUT

This script:

```php
<?php
echo "&ip=$HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR&"; 
?>

```

Returns in the box: $HTTP\_X\_FORWARDED\_FOR

Also with REMOTE ==\> just the same

How is this possible?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/10 "2003-01-03T12:11:10Z")

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php version:

[http://www.pixelworkshop.com/testbed/getip.html](http://www.pixelworkshop.com/testbed/getip.html)

note: you have to run this off a php enabled server

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/11 "2003-01-03T12:43:39Z")

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Okay, I think that’s the problem. How do you enable PHP on the server OR how do you write an ASP script with that variable???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/12 "2003-01-03T12:50:11Z")

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I told you, look on google and find out

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/13 "2003-01-03T12:54:54Z")

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The [asp.NET](http://asp.NET) script is :

Response.Write(“ip=” & Request.ServerVariables(“HTTP\_X\_FORWARDED\_FOR”))

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/14 "2003-01-03T12:56:59Z")

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But how do you get this in A VARIABLE INSTEAD OF A TEXTFIELD???

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/15 "2003-01-03T12:57:33Z")

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good to know :beam:

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/16 "2003-01-03T13:00:48Z")

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in that script your making a variable called ip, you then assign that variable to be the ip address through aspx. Using flash’s loadVariables command you can load that variable ip into any scope (movieclip) you want. Once its there, its a variable you can use however you want. If you have a textfield with a variable name the same as the variable which is loaded, that textfield displays the variable which is loaded.

in my example I had a textfield in \_root with the var ip. Then I used this.loadVariables(“getip.php”) in the timeline of \_root. Once that variable ip was loaded it was displayed in the testfield

and try not to yell, its disturbing

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/17 "2003-01-03T13:43:36Z")

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How do you enable PHP on the server?

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/18 "2003-01-03T13:50:54Z")

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you have to install it.

see [http://www.php.net](http://www.php.net) for more info.

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/19 "2003-01-03T20:43:24Z")

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Did you get the asp version working?? its easy just like the php version.

I made a asp version for you…

it loads the var same way as the php one…

```php

<%
Response.Write("ip=" & Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR"))
%>

```

[edit]by lostinbeta to show code[/edit]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-ip-from-incoming-browser/10513/20 "2003-01-04T11:28:10Z")

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Thanks, i did the same with an [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) file so only renaming your script to .aspx. But it didn’t work. But i think it doesn’t have any advantages to do so.