[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4602: Function for getting the clients IP address

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#4602: Function for getting the clients IP address
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 Reporter:  hovenko      |        Owner:  anonymous  
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.3 (trunk)
Component:  General      |      Version:             
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment (by Otto42):

 To be fair, if you're behind a proxy, then you have no reason to not use
 the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR, as the REMOTE_ADDR is *always* going to be the
 address of the proxy.

 hovenko also brings up the valid point that andy's example code doesn't
 work for cases where you have multiple proxy servers.

 This is a decent approach, using a single function to standardize the
 calls to get the remote IP address, and he also even adds a filter to the
 result in case you want to roll a different approach in a plugin.

 I'd give it a +1.

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