[FX.php List] [OFF] Getting visitor's IP

[Alex Gates]

This may be something to pursue: 
http://www.110mb.com/forum/serverremoteaddr-shows-server-ip-t20531.0.html

Bob Patin wrote:
> Strange... I know that I used this a couple of years ago.
> 
> Could there be a setting on my web server that would change this 
> behavior? Would it be a PHP setting or possibly something in the server 
> itself (Mac OS X Server/Apache)?
> 
> If anyone knows, I'd appreciate some guidance.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Patin
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> On Aug 21, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Troy Meyers wrote:
> 
>> Bob,
>>
>> Huh, yes, that's what I see. Not my IP address.
>>
>> -Troy
>>
>>
>>> That's what I *thought* it was, but when I try it on my server here, I
>>> get the server's IP and not mine. I tried it from my iPhone, which
>>> isn't even on the same network, and it does the same thing.
>>>
>>> Try this and tell me what you see:
>>> http://comparisons.advantastar.com/test.php
>>>
>>> I bet you see 66.253.81.205...
>>>
>>> BP
>>
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