How to get MAC address of client using PHP?

Question

How can I get MAC Address using PHP or javascript...

Answer 1

To get client's device ip and mac address

{
    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    else if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
    else if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'];
    else if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR'];
    else if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED'];
    else if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    else
        $ipaddress = 'UNKNOWN';

    $macCommandString   =   "arp " . $ipaddress . " | awk 'BEGIN{ i=1; } { i++; if(i==3) print $3 }'";

    $mac = exec($macCommandString);

    return ['ip' => $ipaddress, 'mac' => $mac];
}

Answer 2

//Simple & effective way to get client mac address
// Turn on output buffering
ob_start();
//Get the ipconfig details using system commond
system('ipconfig /all');

// Capture the output into a variable

    $mycom=ob_get_contents();

// Clean (erase) the output buffer

    ob_clean();

$findme = "Physical";
//Search the "Physical" | Find the position of Physical text
$pmac = strpos($mycom, $findme);

// Get Physical Address
$mac=substr($mycom,($pmac+36),17);
//Display Mac Address
echo $mac;

Answer 3

You can get the client's MAC address in javascript, if they are running Windows and allow you to install an ActiveX control.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/community/aspnet/3/10054371/how-to-get-client-mac-address.aspx

http://codingresource.blogspot.com/2010/02/get-client-mac-address-ip-address-using.html

Answer 4

echo GetMAC();

function GetMAC(){
    ob_start();
    system('getmac');
    $Content = ob_get_contents();
    ob_clean();
    return substr($Content, strpos($Content,'\\')-20, 17);
}

Above will basically execute the getmac program and parse its console-output, resulting to MAC-address of the server (and/or where ever PHP is installed and running on).