IP Search
Minimum Requirements:
phpBB 3.0.0 RC3
PHP 4.1.0†
Page Updated: Aug 02, 2007
One of the things phpBB does not provide for administrators is an easy way to search for forum users based on IP addresses. To perform such a search for an exact IP, one must first find a post made by a user from that address. That can rather difficult to accomplish in some cases, especially when dealing with dial-up users, who may have hundreds of IPs on record.
IP Search adds a new section to the Administration Panel to make this easier. You can enter an IP address and get a list of everyone that has recorded activity from that address. You can also enter a hostname to search; the modification will look up the IPs for that host and search for all of them. If a certain user is being a problem, you can view all of the IP addresses used for their account by entering their username, as well.
Two wildcards are supported in IP address searches, the * for matching many characters and the _ for matching single characters. This allows searches for IPs like 127*, 127.*.1, 127.0.*, 12_.0.0.1, 1_7.*, and so on.
Features of IP Search 2.0.1
- Easily find members based on IP Address or Hostname.
- View all the IP addresses used for an account.
- Great for locating multiple accounts used by spammers.
- Results for registered accounts include number of posts, private messages, sessions, session keys, logs, and votes.
- Results for guests include number of posts, sessions, and votes.
- Displays total overall results for users with results on multiple IPs.
Also Available At
This refinement can also be downloaded from the following sites. They may have a slightly older version; new releases are posted here before being submitted to these sites. These are the only "official mirror" sites where this refinement is submitted.
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Additional Notes
† This download was tested only with PHP 4, but is expected to work on PHP 5 also.