get ip address

[kurie]

I would like to get IP addresses for website visitors, and im using the following function. My problem it doesnt get the real ip address of the sending machine, looks like its picking a gateway, does anyone whats wrong with my code
function getIP()
{
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) {
$ip=$_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
}
elseif (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$ip=$_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
}
else
{
$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}
return $ip;
}

 

[Itshim]

This function has always worked for me:

function getIpAddress()
{
  if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) {
    $ip_expl = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']);
    $referer = explode('.', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
    if ($referer[0] != $ip_expl[0]) {
      $ip = array_reverse($ip_expl);
      return implode('.', $ip);
    }
    else {
      return $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    }
  }
  else {
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
      if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'], ',')) {
        $ip_expl = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
        return end($ip_expl);
      }
      else {
        return $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR'];
      }
    }
    else {
      return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    }
  }

  return FALSE;
}

 

[kurie]

hi thanks for your response,

unfortunately its still returning 127.0.0.1 as the IP address not my real IP Address.

Regards

 

[jet042]

If you are accessing the site from the webserver, it will always report 127.0.0.1 as that is the reserved address for the localhost/loop-back interface. Try going to it from a different computer to get a different result.