[Web4lib] javascript question

Thu Nov 8 15:24:05 EST 2007

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu,  8 Nov 2007 13:06:39 -0700 (MST)
>From: Holley Long <Holley.Long at Colorado.EDU>  
>Subject: [Web4lib] javascript question  
>To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>
>Hi,
>
>I found a free javascript that displays the user's IP address in a pop-up box and saved it on a local server. It worked fine two weeks ago. Now, the pop-up box reads:
>
>"Your IP address is <!--#echo var="REMOTE_ADDR"-->"
>
>I haven't made any changes to the script. 
>
>If you know what is going on with this script or can suggest a simple alternative to capture the user's IP in a web page, I'd appreciate your suggestions.
>

Like the script says, it uses server-side includes.  Has something changed with the webserver?  New version of Apache?  Some configuration changed?  Modules removed/added?

SSI's can be picky about spacing and the like as well.  But if it worked before, it should work now.  If the javascript has remained the same, it's likely something going on with the SSI.

Jon Gorman

>Thanks,
>Holley
>
>Here's the script from JavaScript Source (http://javascript.internet.com/user-details/ip-address.html)
>
>
><!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL IP ADDRESS:
>
>  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document  -->
>
><!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  -->
>
><HEAD>
>
><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
>
><!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->
>
><!-- Begin
>// http://www.kdcgrohl.com
>
>// Depending on your server set-up,
>// you may need to use the ".shtml"
>// extension [instead of the "html"
>// or "htm"] as the script uses Server
>// Side Includes. To display in the
>// title bar, exclude the
>//"<title></title>" code from the page.
>
>// This part gets the IP
>var ip = '<!--#echo var="REMOTE_ADDR"-->';
>
>// This part is for an alert box
>alert("Your IP address is "+ip);
>
>// This part is for the status bar
>window.defaultStatus = "Your IP address is "+ip;
>
>// This part is for the title bar
>document.write("<title>Your IP address is "+ip+"</title>");
>//  End -->
></script>
>
>
><p><center>
><font face="arial, helvetica" size"-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
>by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font>
></center><p>
>
><!-- Script Size:  1.09 KB -->
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