ip logging in flash?

[S2mega]

here's a question... is there a way in flash to read in a visitor's ip address and turn them into values in flash?

i'm guessing it will involve some java scripting, and i have NO idea how that works... if it's really quite complicated, then er, would some1 care to help a bit?

thanks in advance

[catbert303]

You'd need a script on the server to find the IP address, something like PHP or ASP (assuming the server supports it), try this thread

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=499605

[S2mega]

Originally posted by catbert303
You'd need a script on the server to find the IP address, something like PHP or ASP (assuming the server supports it), try this thread

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=499605

cool thanks a million~ sort of got the gist of it...
so~ you would put this :

<?php
// get_ip.php
echo '&ip=' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
?>

into a file called "get_ip.php", and then put

getIP = new LoadVars();
getIP.onLoad = function() {
trace(this.ip);
};
getIP.load("http://www.yourhost.com/get_ip.php");

into your AS, and that'd be it? (assuming your server supports php)
so it knows to "run" the php file? or where does it tell the php file to run? me being totally clueless with regards to php or asp or whatever... oh and is there a javascrip that can do this? not?

oh and i just looked at my host... they don't support php it seems, is there a way to do this with ASP 3.0? or, does anyone know a good free host that supports php?

thanks for the attention~

[catbert303]

in ASP I think you could use,

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

in a script called get_ip.asp

then this value can be loaded into the movie in just the same way as the PHP is, using the load vars object

code:

---

// as a frame action in your movie

getIP = new LoadVars();

getIP.onLoad = function() {

    // once the onLoad event has been called all the variables (in this case just the ip variable) from the file we requested will be loaded

    trace(this.ip); // or display it in a textfield etc

};

getIP.load("http://www.yourhost.com/get_ip.asp");

---

to use javascript to display the IP Address you need to be able to use server side includes (which might not be allowed on your server),

http://javascript.internet.com/user-...p-address.html

this page has a quick introduction to SSI

http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/intro_ssi.htm