How to retrieve Client IP address in PHP?
There are a number of array name/value pairs provided in the PHP's "predefined" $_SERVER variable, which you can use to extract client's IP address. Some of the IP-related $_SERVER parameters retrieved from the web server are passed by the client in the form of HTTP header, so they can be easily spoofed. Also, some of the HTTP_X_FORWARD* parameters expected to be filled by proxy servers may not always be there as not all proxy servers follow best practices.