water/server/app/miniapi/http/ClientIp.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace app\miniapi\http;

use support\Request;

/**
 * Webman's getRemoteIp() only reports the TCP peer, so a reverse proxy collapses every caller
 * onto one address: login throttling then treats the whole internet as a single client.
 * Forwarded headers are read only when the direct peer is a configured proxy; otherwise
 * the peer address stands and the caller-supplied header is ignored.
 */
final class ClientIp
{
    public static function resolve(Request $request): string
    {
        return self::from(
            $request->getRemoteIp(),
            (string) $request->header('x-forwarded-for', ''),
            (array) config('mini_api.trusted_proxies', [])
        );
    }

    /**
     * @param list<string> $trustedProxies peers allowed to speak for the caller
     */
    public static function from(string $peer, string $forwardedFor, array $trustedProxies): string
    {
        $proxies = [];
        foreach ($trustedProxies as $entry) {
            $ip = self::normalize(trim((string) $entry));
            if ($ip !== null) {
                $proxies[] = $ip;
            }
        }
        $peerIp = self::normalize($peer);
        if ($peerIp === null || !in_array($peerIp, $proxies, true)) {
            return $peer;
        }

        // Walk the chain right to left and take the first hop that is not another proxy.
        foreach (array_reverse(explode(',', $forwardedFor)) as $candidate) {
            $ip = self::normalize(trim($candidate));
            if ($ip !== null && !in_array($ip, $proxies, true)) {
                return $ip;
            }
        }

        return $peer;
    }

    /** Accepts bare addresses plus the [::1]:port and 1.2.3.4:port forms proxies emit. */
    private static function normalize(string $value): ?string
    {
        if ($value === '') {
            return null;
        }
        if (str_starts_with($value, '[')) {
            $end = strpos($value, ']');
            $value = $end === false ? '' : substr($value, 1, $end - 1);
        } elseif (substr_count($value, ':') === 1) {
            $value = explode(':', $value, 2)[0];
        }
        $packed = @inet_pton($value);

        return $packed === false ? null : (string) inet_ntop($packed);
    }
}