IP Address in Contact form

[SkGold]

I saw on www.chevytrader.com that it is possible to track and display users IP Address under contact form. I think it is a great and can scary away some spamers. I will appreciate it, if somebody could tell me how to do it.
I am using V3.0.15

[Blair]

Hi Sergey-

First, we'll need to assign the IP address to a variable in the contactus.php file. Open contactus.php and look down around line 59:

$class_tpl->assign('title', safeStripSlashes($rs['pPageTitle']));

Create a new line and add:

$class_tpl->assign('Show_IP', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

Then, open contactus.tpl.php and add a new row at the bottom of the table:

	<tr>
		<td align="center">Your IP: {$Show_IP}<br />Tracked for abuse
		</td>
	</tr>

That should do it. I've modified the example site to do this: http://www.68classifieds.com/example/contactus.php

[SkGold]

Thanks Blair. It is working fine.

Now I want to do the same with contact the owner.
I guess I need to do the same things with contact.php and contactowner.tpl.php files.
I just don�t know where to put in contact.php line:

$class_tpl->assign('Show_IP', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

[Lhotch]

For those who dont have access to the script files it can also be done at the template level by dropping the following in your template where you would like it displayed.

{$smarty.server.REMOTE_ADDR}

While it certainly wouldnt hurt to show the IP, keep in mind that some large ISP's like AOL go through large groups of proxie servers so a given users IP will actually be from one of the proxie servers and not the users actual system.

[SkGold]

Thanks Larry. Working great at the template level as well.

[NJHomeGuide]

Thanks! I added it to my site too. It works great.