Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:05:26 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/30066/get-ip-address <p>Why the last $ip = "" ? If nothing was done to the variable, then it should still have its original value, which is the same that is being entered at the end. There's no need for it, since it will only be executed when non of the previous if-statements worked.</p> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:12:20 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/30066/get-ip-address https://snipplr.com/view/30066/get-ip-address <p>it helps keeping the return type consistent ( string) , so it'll return empty string instead of NULL</p> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:31:58 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/30066/get-ip-address