IP defaulting to 66.102.0.0

[Marlon Gichie]

I am using Location::get(); to detect the user's location, but it always returns results based on the localhost_testing_ip. I have even tried setting this value to null, but still the same result.

Here is a snippet from my config file:

/*
     * If your running your website locally and want to test different
     * IP addresses to see location detection set to true
     */
    'localhost_testing' => false,
    /*
     * Removes the location key from the session so it is retrieved on every
     * request for testing purposes
     */
    'localhost_forget_location' => false,
    /*
     *  IP to check for localhost testing *default is Google Host in US*
     */
    'localhost_testing_ip' => '66.102.0.0',
    /*
     * Default Dropdown Configuration:
     * Value is the value of the selected item in the dropdown
     * Name is the appearance of the selected item
     */

Anyone else experiencing this? Any suggestions?

[Steve Bauman]

Hi, have you tried clearing Laravel's cache using php artisan cache:clear?

[Marlon Gichie]

Hello, thanks for your speedy response.

I managed to figure out what the problem was. I am using Laravel Forge for deployment, which allows setting environment variables directly from the interface.

My config file was setting the value like so: 'localhost_testing' => getenv('LOCAL_TESTING'),

My env file on on the local environment uses: LOCAL_TESTING => true , which works as expected.

However, when this variable is set from the Laravel Forge interface it is set as LOCAL_TESTING => 'false' , which is a string variable and not boolean and evaluate as true.

Manually updating the environment value in production environment to: LOCAL_TESTING => false, resolved the issue for me.

Your assistance is much appreciated, and thanks again for the quick response.

[Steve Bauman]

Great to hear you've fixed the issue! And no problem at all.

If you encounter anymore issues, please feel free to submit another.

-- Steve