Hi,
Simply... test for HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR if it exists, then your client
are behind a proxy server, the REMOTE_ADDR is the proxy IP, and
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR is the client IP (if not faked by the proxy).
hope this helps,
Antonio.
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:
> I can't seem to find any references to HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR in the PDF PHP
> documentation from January 2001, so you should probably best stick with
> either $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REMOTE_ADDR'] or simply $REMOTE_ADDR (if you use
> $REMOTE_ADDR in functions make sure you do a global on it first) - I
> personally use $REMOTE_ADDR, but you should read the docs for details...
>
> Bogdan
>
> Alan McFarlane wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to get the remote IP address of a user in a (PHP) version and
> > server-software independant way, but am having a few problems.
> >
> > Obviously, I've seen $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REMOTE_ADDR'], but Ive also seen
> > references to $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].
> >
> > Is there any generic solution to this problem (and if so, what is it?)
> >
> > Cheers
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