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Asked: 2026-05-26T11:43:17+00:00

I’m trying to create a PHP script for my homework. I need the script

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I’m trying to create a PHP script for my homework.
I need the script to log ip addresses for security reasons.

For some reason, when I run the following code:

echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

The result is :

::1

I thought a localhost ip address was always like 127.0.0.1 ?

Does anyone know what is happening ? This is really bugging me and I can’t seem to find a solution to the problem. Even google doesn’t find anything related…

I should mention that I’m running an XAMPP installation on a windows 7 64bit machine.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    On Windows 7 localhost resolves to ::1 which is the ipv6 representation of 127.0.0.1

    • Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
    • Remove the following line, if present: ::1 localhost
    • Add the following line, if not present: 127.0.0.1 localhost

    if you also need mysql connection, it will help you to speed up the connection.

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