Simple way to get the user’s IP address:
function get_ip_address() { foreach (['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)) { foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $ip) { $ip = trim($ip); // just to be safe if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_NO_PRIV_RANGE | FILTER_FLAG_NO_RES_RANGE) !== false) { return $ip; } } } } }