Laravel - Get client IP address - Getting always 127.0.0.1 result

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I'm unable to get the IP address of the client which I need to determine his current location.

I've used request->ip(), $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and I always get a 127.0.0.1 result which is not what I want.

What am I doing wrong?

First things first: Is this a local installation? Or is it served publicly? — maiorano84, Dec 22 '16 at 15:18
@BrunoTeixeira is your url something like localhost, 127.0.0.1? — Robin Dirksen, Dec 22 '16 at 15:21
Then that's your problem. You're not going to get a remote address, because the request isn't coming in remotely. You're either going to get a localhost or network IP. Once you throw it up onto a publicly accessible server outside of your network, then you'll start seeing remote public IPs. — maiorano84, Dec 22 '16 at 15:25
Your method has no problem. When the project is uploaded on the host, everything is correct. In local mode, it is usually 127.0.0.1 or 1 :: — Vajiheh Habibi, Jan 29 '19 at 18:20

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Sometimes your clients use your application through a proxy, so you should not depend on $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].

Check out this link (with a little concern on securities):
How to get the client IP address in PHP?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Dec 23 '16 at 04:54

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Alexey Mezenin · Answer 2 · 2016-12-22T18:47:31.090

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request->ip() will give you client IP. You're getting 127.0.0.1 in because you're trying to access your local project from the same machine.

edited Dec 22 '16 at 18:47

answered Dec 22 '16 at 16:26

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`$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']` is the client IP not the server IP. – Devon Bessemer Dec 22 '16 at 18:38
You're right. I've answered [`SERVER_ADDR` related question recently](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41258208/how-to-get-the-server-ip-with-laravel/41258486#41258486), so I automatically read it as `SERVER_ADDR` ) Thanks, I've fixed my answer. – Alexey Mezenin Dec 22 '16 at 18:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 29 '19 at 18:12

I found a way how to fix it. But beware that you have to change it before going production!!

Read this part: https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#configuring-trusted-proxies

And now just add this:

class TrustProxies extends Middleware
{
    /**
     * The trusted proxies for this application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $proxies = '*';

Now request()->ip() gives you the correct ip

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 10 '20 at 14:20

You can try this:

function get_ip() {
    $keys = array('HTTP_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED', 'HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_FORWARDED', 'REMOTE_ADDR');

    foreach ($keys as $key) {
        if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true) {
            foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $ip) {
                if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== false) {
                    return $ip;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

score -2 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 05 '18 at 08:14

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There is client IP address this code($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) applied online project then it will work successfully . it will try..

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answered Jul 05 '18 at 07:06

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Laravel - Get client IP address - Getting always 127.0.0.1 result

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