CakePHP Get IP Address

Question

How can I get the client\'s IP address in CakePHP? It\'d be $_SERVER[\'REMOTE_ADDR\'] in plain PHP.

I thought it\'s like all $_SERVER vars

Answer 1

If you need to get the IP address from within a model, $this->request->getClientIp() won't work, throwing:

Error: Call to a member function clientIp() on a non-object

Use Router::getRequest()->clientIp() instead.

So basically, Router::getRequest() can serve as a Model's replacement of the Controller's $this->request