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I need to read my clients local ip address using php.

We use a proxy so I've read that I need to use this php:

<?php
$headers = apache_request_headers();
echo $headers["X-Forwarded-For"];
?>

The only thing I get is my Squid Server Ip.

Investigating further I've found that I have to set the forwarded_for parameter in my squid.conf to on

I've set my Squid server forwarded_for to everything (truncate, on, off...) and restarted Squid everytime: no luck at all.

I still just get my Squid server ip (and not my client's) using the above PHP script.

What could be wrong?

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Are you saying you have a Squid proxy in front of your web server, trying to use it as a reverse proxy? If so, make sure you have actually set it up as such. BTW, it should not be necessary to specify or change forwarded_for as the default on is almost always correct. – Michael Hampton Jul 25 '12 at 18:41

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