| Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? [message #176055 is a reply to message #176054] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 00:20   |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:17:48 -0500, Doug Miller wrote:
>> On 11/21/2011 11:43 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Denis McMahon wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:15:12 -0800, rrvasanth wrote:
>>>> > I need to know the MAC address of the connect clients, how can I do
>>>> > this in PHP?
>>>> […]
>>> It is neither irrelevant nor impossible to obtain that information
>>> using PHP. You would know that if you knew that MAC addresses do not
>>> require Ethernet.
> […]
> Actually, I would love to see TPEL code a web page that displayed the MAC
> address of any computer that requested it. However, it's impossible for
> him to do it!
"Any computer" and "web page" are ideas of yours that have nothing to do
with the original question.
> He does not have the ability to code such a page.
Nobody has, but only because you have raised the bar. A common fallacy, but
not an unexpected one coming from you.
> psst Thomas, prove me wrong, code a web page that displays the MAC
> address of the computer requesting the web page, and post the code to
> prove you did it in php. Because I say you can't do it!
Contrary to what you apparently imagine in your little idiot replacement of
a brain, I do not care to satisfy your every whim just to prove that you are
wrong. Hint: arp.
PointedEars
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Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
-- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7(at)news(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> (2004)
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