REMOTE_ADDR on os x

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REMOTE_ADDR on os x

I am trying to put a counter on my site, I need to use the REMOTE_ADDR php parameter. In os x this returns the servers ip address instead of the clients ip address. I read that prior to tiger you could use HTTPPC_REMOTEADDR, but this dose not seem to work anymore. what parameter will return the users ip in os x 10.4.3 Client?

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 17, 2006 11:11 AM

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jaydisc

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Jan 17, 2006 3:23 PM in response to stevenschopp

This command works beautifully for me with the stock PHP in 10.4.4:

<?php echo $ SERVER['REMOTEADDR']; ?>

Are you sure you're not possibly access the server VIA the server? (e.g. NAT, Proxy, etc.)

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stevenschopp Author

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Jan 18, 2006 4:43 AM in response to jaydisc

Yes I am sure, my visitors also log as the server ip. what's NAT and Proxy?

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jaydisc

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Jan 18, 2006 4:52 AM in response to stevenschopp

If you aren't sure about NAT and Proxy, you probably aren't running them.

Are you using the installation of PHP that came with OS X Server? Or have you installed one from another location?

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Camelot

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Jan 18, 2006 9:58 AM in response to stevenschopp

Turn off the performance cache in Server Admin -> Web -> Settings -> Sites -> Options

This acts as a proxy server in front of Apache to improve performance of certain files. However, one side effect is that Apache sees the IP address of the proxy server not the IP address of the user.

Performance cache or remote IP addresses. Pick one. You can't have both 🙂

In most cases, turning off the performance cache is what most people opt for. The performance gains are usually modest.

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stevenschopp Author

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Jan 18, 2006 9:51 PM in response to Camelot

I thought that might be the problem. I'm not running os x server, I am
running os x client as a server, so I can not use server admin. Is there
a way to turn off the performance cache other than server admin?

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