Remote Addr Local Testing

[Lockit]

Hello I was wondering how would I get $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to work with local testing?

Whenever I run the script at the host computer it always returned the address of the router, but if done remotely it will display the correct ip address.

Thanks, Lockit.

[jskywalker]

$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

if ($TEST)  { 
   $ip="another ip-address";
}

 

and make sue $TEST is set to 'true' when you test...

[Lockit]

Testing the final release is what i mean. The server will also use the script for routine things. However using sockets to export data to a program will not work if the ip is sent to the router.

[jskywalker]

sorry, than i'm not sure about what you mean, because the solution i gave does not need any changes in code

 

esp. if you define the variable $TEST using an include statement..

 

include 'test.inc.php';

$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

if ($TEST)  {
    $ip="another ip-address";
}

 

and in this 'test.inc.php':

<?php
$TEST=True;
?>

 

after testing you only need to change the 'test.inc.php' file.....

[Lockit]

Hmm, I never was good with explanations.

I am not 100% sure something like this would work but what I am attempting falls along the lines of:

if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
  $ip = (Some method to retrieve the real IP.);
} else {
  $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}

[jskywalker]

hmm, i think if this is true

$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1"

 

that '192.168.2.1' is the real ip-address (and AFAIK the only address that PHP is able to produce)

[Lockit]

seems this works every 5 attempts, however it uses the domain name instead of the numerical IP for the socket export.

 

if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "192.168.2.1") {
  $address = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
} else {
  $address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}