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Get the IP Address of a Visitor with PHP (or WordPress Shortcode)

Get the IP Address of a Visitor with PHP (or WordPress Shortcode)

There are hundreds of functions found over the web that can be used to find the real IP address of a visitor. Here's one function that works well for us. The function searches environmental variables, validates a likely IP against PHP5's filter_var() function and then returns the value.

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<?php 
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/*
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 Get the IP Address of a Visitor with PHP
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 http://www.beliefmedia.com/get-ip-address
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*/
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function beliefmedia_ip() {
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 foreach (array('HTTP_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED', 'HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_FORWARDED', 'REMOTE_ADDR') as $key) {
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     if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true) {
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         foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $ip) {
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            if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== false) {
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            return $ip;
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          }
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        }
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     }
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  }
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}
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/* Usage */
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As with all IP-based (or HTTP header) tools, it's easy to spoof. For the majority of purposes, though, it serves its purpose nicely.

Display a User IP Address with WordPress Shortcode

For the sake of it, here's how you would display the IP of a visitor in a WordPress post or page with very simple shortcode.

Copy and paste the WordPress function into your theme's functions.php file or, if you sensibly have one installed, your custom functions plugin.

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<?php 
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/*
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 Get the IP Address of a Visitor with PHP
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 http://www.beliefmedia.com/get-ip-address
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*/
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function beliefmedia_ip() {
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 foreach (array('HTTP_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED', 'HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP', 'HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR', 'HTTP_FORWARDED', 'REMOTE_ADDR') as $key) {
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     if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true) {
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         foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $ip) {
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            if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== false) {
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            return $ip;
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          }
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        }
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     }
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  }
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}
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add_shortcode('getip','beliefmedia_ip');

You may optionally download the WordPress plugin. Render the IP address of a user with [getip].

Usage:

The shortcode of [getip] would return 18.117.254.202 (your IP address).

Applications

If you wanted to expand upon the function, you could add geo-specific services to users, add maps, use custom geographically targeted titles, render custom advertising, display a geographic user plot, or deliver geographically appropriate content (such as local weather) - all of which we'll be sharing in the future (it's the purpose of sharing this simple function).

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