Get user IP over proxy.

Question

I'm not able to get the users ip in the regular way due to tcp proxying. So I need an alternative.

I tried this:

$ip = file_get_contents('http://wtfismyip.com/text');

Output was server ip. Is there any way I can get the users ip?

Means you can't get client IP using this `$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];`??? — Yogesh Suthar, May 03 '13 at 07:54
Which language and which server you are using ? You should give us more detail. — Fatih Ayyildiz, Jul 21 '15 at 12:19

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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There are multiple ways you can do this.

Depending on the proxy you might want to see if x-forwarded-for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Forwarded-For is set.

Jou could have a JS on the client check the IP and send it with your request. How to get client's IP address using javascript only?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered May 03 '13 at 07:54

nvanesch

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