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Rejoanul Alam
Rejoanul Alam

Reputation: 5398

How can I get client's computers mac address or identifier of a machine

I need to stop multiple login from same computer even for different user. This is why need client machine's unique identifier or mac address. How can achieve this? I have tried following but not work. Its return NULL

$ip  = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$x = shell_exec('arp -a ' . escapeshellarg($ip));

I need this feature that will work on all browser. Any Idea?

I have seen some solution only work in IE. But how can get solution in all modern browsers?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5780

Answers (1)

user4664714
user4664714

Reputation:

It is not possible to get the MAC address of a user via pure Javascript. You may be able to get it with some browser plugins or similar hacks, but there's no standard way to obtain this information.

Upvotes: 1

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