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<?php
function get_ip() {
//Just get the headers if we can or else use the SERVER global
if ( function_exists( 'apache_request_headers' ) ) {
$headers = apache_request_headers();
} else {
$headers = $_SERVER;
}
//Get the forwarded IP if it exists
if ( array_key_exists( 'X-Forwarded-For', $headers ) && filter_var( $headers['X-Forwarded-For'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 ) ) {
$the_ip = $headers['X-Forwarded-For'];
} elseif ( array_key_exists( 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', $headers ) && filter_var( $headers['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 )
) {
$the_ip = $headers['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
$the_ip = filter_var( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 );
}
return $the_ip;
}
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