Proper way to execute this command

Question

I have a table called Blocks that looks like this:

| startIpNum | endIPNum | locId   | 
|  int(11)   |  int(11) | int(11) |

Simple enough now. As you've guessed this is a list of IP ranges. I am using it for geolocation. Now I get the $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and convert it to an integer and am trying to find the range the value falls between using this query

"SELECT * FROM `Blocks` WHERE startIPNum >= '$ip_addr' AND endIPNum <= '$ip_addr' "

where $ip_addr is the integer form of REMOTE_ADDR . Now the problem is that the query returns an empty result in both my PHP and MySQL in phpMyAdmin, even though I know there is a row in the table the IP number lies between as my IP number is 1677352691 and a row in the table is

| startIpNum | endIPNum    | locId   | 
 1677351936  |  1677354111 | 12431

So my conclusion is that my query is formed incorrectly. So how do I proper query the table to get the result I desire?

Answer 1

You're giving incorrect conditions,

SELECT * FROM `Blocks`
WHERE startIPNum <= $ip_addr
AND endIPNum >= $ip_addr

Answer 2

Try this without quotes, as they are of int type, and let me know the case then -

EDIT-

Quotes wont matter in the case , curtsey peterm

SELECT * 
FROM `Blocks` 
WHERE startIPNum <= $ip_addr AND endIPNum >= $ip_addr "

You can also use BETWEEN , like this,

one more thing you are setting $ip_addr in both matching case

SELECT * 
FROM `Blocks` 
WHERE $ip_addr BETWEEN startIPNum AND endIPNum "