Getting a users IP address

[eluser]Rahat Bashir[/eluser]

Code:

$this->input->ip_address()

is returning a encoded string which is not readable. How can I retrieve the visitors decoded Remote IP and Local IP address. I am keeping session information in database. I am using Codeigniter 2.1.1

[quote author="Derek Allard" date="1202683275"]Welcome to CI trumnation.

IP address is part of the input class.

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