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How does Whatismyip.com work?

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15-Jul-2004, 11:51 PM #1
How does Whatismyip.com work?
How does whatismyip.com and ipchicken.com and all the other show my ip sites show my ip? I always thought of how they work
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16-Jul-2004, 12:45 AM #2
They just write your IP address to the screen with a little code.

eg...in PHP

<?echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];?>
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16-Jul-2004, 01:21 AM #3
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Originally Posted by Gibble
They just write your IP address to the screen with a little code.

eg...in PHP

<?echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];?>
Yep, that is basically all it does. And this one will really blow your mind.

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