Thread: Obtaining your IP address

You shouldn't need to connect a socket just to find out what your IP is.

Code:

char name[256], * ip ;
if (gethostname(name,255) == 0)
{
 struct hostent * hp ;
 struct in_addr addr ;
 
 hp = gethostbyname (name) ;
 if (!hp) 
  // error
 memcpy (&addr, hp->h_addr_list[0], hp->h_length) ;
 ip = inet_ntoa (addr) ;
 // code with this, etc
}
else
 // error

I don't know what the portability situation with this is, but it works fine for me.

You sure are quick to fly off the handle, sir. I figured it would be acceptable as there ARE other replies in that thread, and guess what? Oh no! They aren't yours! Oh wait, I see. They were glorifying you, so they are acceptable. Of course. It all makes sense. If someone doubts you, it goes in a thread where others won't see it in your FAQ. Now as I did not read your full topic, seeing as I do not need heaps and heaps of your advice, I did not see the message about not posting. Maybe you should edit the FIRST post to say that. Of course, don't want to be a burden.

Chill. You seem to be on a power trip and quick to flame. My apologies for making a suggestion.