### Search for IP in database
function postviews_get_ip($id, $ip) {
    global $post, $wpdb;

    $ipquery= $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->wp_postviews_ips WHERE postid = $id AND ip = '$ip'");
    $rowcount = $ipquery->num_rows;
    return $rowcount;
}

postviews_get_ip($id, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
//both $id and $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) return the values I'm searching for in the database