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What exactly do you get? And where is the server being run? Locally or is this production?
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Get client ip address in laravel
Hi i wanna ask about can i get Ip address of user by laravel i use $request->ip(); but it's gives me just ip of server !
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@Sinnbeck for production
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@Russelmhardy And $request->ip() gives you the IP of the server itself? Not the ip of a loadbalancer or simlar that is in front by any chance?
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If it gives you the wrong one, you can use $request->ips() to get all ip's collected, and you can check if the correct one is further down the list. Perhaps you need $request->ips()[1]
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yes , that what's happened
I asked if it was the server ip or a load balancer..
Anyways. Do you get the correct ip in the list?
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@Sinnbeck Thanks Fixed
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@russelmhardy If your production server is running behind a load balancer or proxy then yes, you’ll get the IP address of that load balancer/proxy because that is what’s connecting to your app.
You’ll need to update your TrustProxies middleware to read things like the scheme and end user’s IP address. The “nuclear” version is:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Illuminate\Http\Middleware\TrustProxies as Middleware;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class TrustProxies extends Middleware
{
protected $proxies = '*';
protected $headers = Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_AWS_ELB;
}
That will trust connections from all addresses. If the load balancer/proxy you’re using has a static IP address then it’d be better to specify that instead.
More information: https://laravel.com/docs/requests#configuring-trusted-proxies
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@Sinnbeck Thanks Fixed
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@Russelmhardy Remember to give a best answer to set the thread as solved.
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