PHP: Determine or Retrieve Visitor’s IP Address Using PHP Script

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: April 4, 2013 35 comments

How do I determine or retrieve visitor’s IP address using PHP server side programming under Unix/Windows operating systems?

Use the following environment variables to get visitor’s IP address:

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Easy (rss)
Root privileges	No
Requirements	PHP+LAMP
Time	N/A

No Proxy detection
REMOTE_ADDR – Get the remote client IP address

With Proxy detection
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR – Get the proxy server IP address.

PHP getenv() function
Use php getenv() function to read the value of the environment. The syntax is:

getenv('VAR-NAME-HERE')

Example: Sample code to get an IP address

Here is the PHP code:

<html>
<head>
 <title>What is my IP address?</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
 
    if (getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')) {
        $pipaddress = getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR');
        $ipaddress = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
echo "Your Proxy IP address is : ".$pipaddress. "(via $ipaddress)" ;
    } else {
        $ipaddress = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
        echo "Your IP address is : $ipaddress";
    }
?>
</body>
</html>

If GEOIP database installed and configured using Apache/Nginx/Lighttpd, try the following php code to get the visitors country name:

   $country = getenv('GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME');
   echo "Your country : $country";

You can try the demo by visiting this url.

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35 comments… add one

AlAa YoSeF Mar 21, 2012 @ 15:32

Hi every one my name is AlAa

My problem with $_SERVER[‘remote_addr’]

I’m not sure if I’m having a problem with the installation of PHP on the server or if there’s something that I’m not doing right in the code, but I am trying to capture the IP address of anyone that is trying to log into a secure part of a site. Regardless of my IP address, when I do:

Code:

echo $_SERVER[‘remote_addr’];

It returns ‘192.168.1.1’. This is the first time I’ve written code that is being used on a Windows Server, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.

I’ve run phpinfo(), and in the PHP Variables section, it shows “_SERVER[“REMOTE_ADDR”]” : 192.168.1.1. Does this mean that the php.ini file is setup wrong, or am I missing something?

i am running my own server on windows 7 iis7.5 with php as fastcgi and i am behind a router with a dynamic ip not static and i am using
http://www.no-ip.com/ that give me a link to my router and i am opening 80 port in my router forwarding it to my id address 192.168.1.5 and i have tested a php file that contains

tested it using tor network that give me ip out of my network to test that file always give me the same result 192.168.1.1 i am trying to get IP address of the visitor and i asked someone of my friends to use this form it sends the same ip

i hope someone tells me what i am doing wrong and the solution for this problem

Thanks in advance

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toodle bumpleskin May 11, 2012 @ 16:22

This is a good link, fixed the same error for me when I went through it!

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PhpDev Sep 27, 2012 @ 23:38

Hay!!!

It’s a great thing what you have given here… It solved my problem on Server.

Again thank you very much for this.

Thanks & Regards,
PhpDev

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Ganesh Feb 9, 2013 @ 4:25

i want add in my blogger , blogspot site, please help me your code php not work with blogspot any other idea please give me, i want see my visitors ip..!

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Mahi Sep 12, 2014 @ 7:28

Am using this code but i am getting only last part of ip address( : : :1).how can i get full ip address..if any one know answer please reply.

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Mi ip Dec 17, 2014 @ 11:51

hi! Thanks for share!!! It,s work for me. How can i make a my ip widget ?
Thanks again!

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Naushad Ali Dec 22, 2014 @ 16:07

THIS IS NOT WORKING…
KEEP TO UPDATE YOUR TUTORIAL…

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seema Feb 4, 2015 @ 20:30

Hi,

Iam using same code but its displaying Your IP address is : ::1 .Please help me.
Thanks

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- srinu Jul 13, 2015 @ 0:34
  
  u r seeing in server comp so this way it will displays loopback address::
  check it in other computer you will see the ip .
  
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Shubham Rana Oct 16, 2015 @ 10:19

It’s a Nice and Simple Code…
Thnx

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zuber Oct 17, 2015 @ 9:45

create a php page which show the ip address of client who is visting the website , on page load, alert my id address ,

so plz help me dear sir plz help this problume

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rufo Feb 3, 2016 @ 3:10

nah. this gives ip address of the proxy server. Zzzz

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