How to get a Client IP address in Laravel

What is an IP Address?

An Internet Protocol(IP) address also known as a logical address is given by the internet service provider(ISP) which uniquely identifies a system over the network. IP address keeps on changing from time to time.

Example

Whats my IP

How to get a Client IP address in Laravel?

For getting the IP Address we have to include use Illuminate\Http\Request; in the controller and then add the code of the below pre tag. It will give the IP address of the network.

$clientIP = request()->ip();
dd($clientIP);

public function index(Request $request){
  dd($request->ip());
}
$clientIP = \Request::ip();
dd($clientIP);
$clientIP = \Request::getClientIp(true);
dd($clientIP);