Apache behind NAT translation -client ip not right

[trueman1]

My Apache server is behind a NAT translation(centOS).
The problem I'm having is that I want to see who is actually making the request instead of my private ip address.
The php command for viewing client IP shows local ip instead od client IP. why???? How to solve the issue??

[Nobbie]

Some example PHP code?

[trueman1]

tested these commands
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];$_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']; getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'); etc
but i got local ip of LAN.

[Nobbie]

You should explain better, its hard to follow.

Where is your client running (in which network?), which IP is the clients IP? What is your test script (please show source code)? What is the output? Can you provide a link to your server, so that i can run the test PHP from here?

[Altrea]

But you are knowing what you are doing?
The purpose of NAT is to replace an IP address either in request, response or both headers...
So it is not possible for the HTTP protocol or any serverside running programming language to get the real request IP.
The only way i can think of are client side languages like JavaScript or Java Applets to read out the IP address and transmit it by help of form data.

[trueman1]

The domain www.mynewsite.com pointed to router(public IP is 14.x.x.x) and application is running in a mechine IP is 10.10.100.7(private network.this network having a lot of mechines).
Application softwares are php,mysql,apache and centOS.
when one from any where go to www.mynewsite.com and submit a form ,i want to get the IP of the visiter to keep it in database.
But application(PHP code) gives the IP 10.10.50.3 to All visiters.What the issue??
Thanks in advance..

[Altrea]

Read my post again. That is the nature of NAT.

[Nobbie]

Read my post again. That is the nature of NAT.

No. The client IP *should* be correct and not translated. If have a NAS running as well and connected via a Dynamic DNS, when i call phpinfo() from a PC somewhere in the WWW, the REMOTE_ADDR is correctly shown up.

But application(PHP code) gives the IP 10.10.50.3 to All visiters.What the issue??

As long as i cannot run a test, I cannot say anything. Please, establish a small PHP script which only includes a call to phpinfo() and provide a valid link to your Server/NAS, which runs the Apache Server. I want to see what happens.

[Altrea]

Sorry, you are absolutely correct
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] should of course contain the correct client ip if you are only doing NAT and no proxyfication.