get client IP in socket programming in PHP

Question

I'm using PHP to write a using socket library application. How could I get the IP of the client? THanks for any help

Answer 1

Use socket_getpeername

Answer 2

<?php
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
    $visitorIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
elseif ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'])
    $visitorIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'];
elseif ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
    $visitorIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
else
    $visitorIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

?>

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