$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; returning 127.0.0.1

[blueman378]

hi guys,

 

any idea how to stop $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; returning 127.0.0.1 and instead return my actual ip?

[burnside]

are you using a localhost? ie a test enviroment on your computer?

[blueman378]

yeah, and i only have one computer hence me wanting to tell show my actual ip instead of 127.0.0.1 cause thatway for test purposes i can change my ip and have a look

[burnside]

127.0.0.1 is your ip.

 

thats the ip you get in localhost / test enviroment.... as far as i am aware of any way.

[blueman378]

yeah i was aware of that, thanks anyway, but is there anyway to override that effect?

[burnside]

not that im aware of, you will have to set it maualy, in a $var

 

but im no guru so i could be wrong

[blueman378]

lol all good, ill just hold my breath and hope it does what i want when it goes live...

 

although that tends not to work for me all to well....

 

i once made a file which was meant to go through a directory and rename all files which contained a specific word and then go through all files and replace some words in them...

 

i forgot to add in a failsafe for the starting point it went right through everywhere it had access to on my computer and did them opps

[bzz]

best way would be to visit http://whatismyip.com/ get your external IP and set a variable to that.. then use that for testing; it should work the way you want it to.