Is Q2A compatible with Cloudflare ?

Question

Hello,

 

Before using Question2Answer,

 

1. I want to know whether Q2A is compatible with Cloudflare ?

2. How can I get the original ip address of the posters if I use cloudflare ?

 

Pl let me know.

 

Thank you.

Answer 1

Isn't cloudflare just a CDN? In which case "compatibility" doesn't make sense. You can store a bunch of external files (CSS, JS, images) on the CDN and edit the theme to point to those files.

Answer 2

Yes, you can use cloudflare. but about the IP's I think you should use $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] to get real IP of users.

Comments

Thanks Scott.

Thank you towhid.

 

Which 'File & Line' should I edit use $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP']

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The relevant function is qa_remote_ip_address() in qa-base.php. You can modify the code there, but you're better off writing a little plugin that overrides that function, so you won't have to keep applying your mod to future versions.

Answer 3

It works fine for me... nothing special is required beyond the cloudflare side 'stuff'.

 

see: http://generousgenealogists.com/question2answer/index.php

Answer 4

I wrote a small plugin to show the poster's real IP address when using Cloudflare. 

https://github.com/InfinityLF/q2a-cloudflare