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cballou / get-ip-address-optimized.php
Created March 26, 2012 00:51
PHP - Advanced Method to Retrieve Client IP Address
<?php
function get_ip_address() {
$ip_keys = array('HTTP_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED', 'HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_FORWARDED', 'REMOTE_ADDR');
foreach ($ip_keys as $key) {
if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true) {
foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $ip) {
// trim for safety measures
$ip = trim($ip);
// attempt to validate IP
if (validate_ip($ip)) {