SERVER_ADDR vs. REMOTE_ADDR

PHP
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Is it safe to assume that a false comparison of SERVER_ADDR against REMOTE_ADDR results in the end-user viewing your website through some sort of proxy?

The manual states the following:

‘SERVER_ADDR’:
The IP address of the server under which the current script is executing.

‘REMOTE_ADDR’
The IP address from which the user is viewing the current page.

In my mind, they would both be servers (and not the end-user’s node IP address), but it’s just a matter of determining what server IP address you might wish to retain when logging network access information. I suppose both values could potentially be useful information, but still…

Have any of you successfully deployed an “anti-proxy” solution? I just finished testing a script that promised the world through the use of “HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR”, and of course, it nosedived after using it with HideMyA$$. Not unexpected.

Any light on this is appreciated. :slight_smile:

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Not sure what you’re getting at, surely SERVER_ADDR and REMOTE_ADDR will always be different unless you’re accessing the site from within the system it’s hosted on?

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It’s been a long day, Jay.P. :slight_smile:

You hit the nail (I was accessing through the same system).

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Time for a nap!