Function to get user ip address
Well, your function should behave as expected, but here are some suggestions:
// lowercase first letter of functions. It is more standard for PHP
function getIP()
{
// populate a local variable to avoid extra function calls.
// NOTE: use of getenv is not as common as use of $_SERVER.
// because of this use of $_SERVER is recommended, but
// for consistency, I'll use getenv below
$tmp = getenv("HTTP_CLIENT_IP");
// you DON'T want the HTTP_CLIENT_ID to equal unknown. That said, I don't
// believe it ever will (same for all below)
if ( $tmp && !strcasecmp( $tmp, "unknown"))
return $tmp;
$tmp = getenv("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR");
if( $tmp && !strcasecmp( $tmp, "unknown"))
return $tmp;
// no sense in testing SERVER after this.
// $_SERVER[ 'REMOTE_ADDR' ] == gentenv( 'REMOTE_ADDR' );
$tmp = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
if($tmp && !strcasecmp($tmp, "unknown"))
return $tmp;
return("unknown");
}
Adapted from this answer:
function GetIP()
{
foreach (array('HTTP_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED', 'HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_FORWARDED', 'REMOTE_ADDR') as $key)
{
if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true)
{
foreach (array_map('trim', explode(',', $_SERVER[$key])) as $ip)
{
if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_NO_PRIV_RANGE | FILTER_FLAG_NO_RES_RANGE) !== false)
{
return $ip;
}
}
}
}
}
Checks for IPs (in order) in:
HTTP_CLIENT_IP
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
HTTP_X_FORWARDED
HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP
HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR
HTTP_FORWARDED
REMOTE_ADDR
Remember that the only IP address you can trust is the one coming from $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']
.