Getting the Public IP address

[Matthias Rebbe]

I created a php file with the following code and put it on my server.

<?php if ($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] != "") {
	$IP = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
	$proxy = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
	$host = @gethostbyaddr($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]);
	} else {
	$IP = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
	$host = @gethostbyaddr($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]);
        } 
      echo $IP; 
?>

In my livecode app i am calling that php file with 

get URL "http://myserver.com/my php-file.php"

to get the ip then.

Regards,

Matthias


Am 08.08.2013 um 12:30 schrieb FlexibleLearning.com <admin at FlexibleLearning.com>:

> I am trying to establish the User's public IP address. The Scripter's
> Scrapbook has several methods, all of which return the same result and all
> of which seem to return a local IP address (e.g. put the hostnametoaddress
> of the hostname into myIP). I am getting 192.168.2.2 (local) instead of the
> required 85.210.89.23 (public). It must be possible as a google search on
> 'My IP address' displays it.
> 
> As a self-confessed die-hard IP nitwit, I have tried to research a solution
> but have failed miserably.
> 
> Has anyone got a method to obtain a User's public IP address?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Hugh Senior
> FLCo
> 
> 
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