This is really not a configuration item, though you can set it using
Configure::write(). Of course, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] must be
provided by your web server.
http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php
If you are trying to create a user setting, a session cookie would be
much more appropriate. Alternatively, I often log the user's IP
address to the DB upon login.
Gary
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM, geste <jim.ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I am looking for the easiest, most global way to set a couple of app-
> wide constants, more or less, that would derive from Apache variables,
> specifically $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] and $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and
> that would be used throughout the app both in models and controllers.
>
> A Configure:write method in app_controller.php seemed like it might be
> the place to set like so:
>
> Configure::write('User.Address',$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
>
> but it looks like that method only wants text strings for the write
> method and anyhow it did not work whether I tried it at top of
> app_controller.php or in a beforeFilter function in
> app_controller.php.
>
> I also tried more generic means such as using PHP getenv like so:
>
> $ipaddr = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
>
> and that partly works, but I am not seeing a way to make it glovally
> available. Using the form
>
> var $ipaddr = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
>
> at top of app_controller.php just does not work, but I am guessing I
> am misusing that "var" construct.
>
> Any thoughts welcome!
>
> J
>
>
>
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