Getting Users Real IP address using PHP

Question

I want to get the real IP address from users going on my site even if they use a proxy website like hidemyass.com

This is the code I have and thought it worked but I

Answer 1

Try this please

function get_IP_address()
{
  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 $key){
    if (array_key_exists($key, $_SERVER) === true){
        foreach (explode(',', $_SERVER[$key]) as $IPaddress){
            $IPaddress = trim($IPaddress); // Just to be safe

            if (filter_var($IPaddress,
                           FILTER_VALIDATE_IP,
                           FILTER_FLAG_NO_PRIV_RANGE | FILTER_FLAG_NO_RES_RANGE)
                !== false) {

                return $IPaddress;
            }
        }
    }
}
}