PHP gethostbyname() doesn't work in Linux with xampp

[smidh]

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Hi I want to obtain my ip number in php, I'm using ubuntu and apache XAMPP for linux as webserver.

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<?php

    echo $gethostname = gethostbyname(gethostname());

?>

When I execute the code it returns 127.0.0.1 What I want is like i.e 10.151.32.123. This code works in windows with xampp, why this code doesn't work in Linux?

[Nobbie]

It has nothing to do with Linux or Windows. It is determined by your server configuration (where Apache does listen) and how and from where you access the Sever.

Anyway, you may also simply evaluate the server variable "SERVER_ADDR" to find out the Server IP:

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<?php
    echo $_SERVER["SERVER_ADDR"];
?>

And if you want to echo the IP of the client, use "REMOTE_ADDR" instead:

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<?php
    echo $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
?>