Template Path Hints not accepting my IP address

Question

I am currently having an issue with seeing my template path hints in 1.9.2.3 all of a sudden.

If I remove my IP address from the allowed IP's field (leaving it blank), then the template path hints show (not ideal!!). However, if I put in my current IP address, then the template path hints do not show (tried multiple browsers as well to double check).

Before anyone asks, yes I know how to turn them on an off and yes I've looked at all of the scopes.

Answer 1

The best way to debug such problem is by checking the following file: app/code/core/Mage/Core/Helper/Data/php in the isDevAllowed function.

You can do some debugging like this to check whether your IP matches the allowed IPs:

public function isDevAllowed($storeId=null)
    {
        $allow = true;

        $allowedIps = Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_DEV_ALLOW_IPS, $storeId);
        Mage::log($allowedIps);
        $remoteAddr = Mage::helper('core/http')->getRemoteAddr();
        Mage::log($remoteAddr);
        if (!empty($allowedIps) && !empty($remoteAddr)) {
            $allowedIps = preg_split('#\s*,\s*#', $allowedIps, null, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
            if (array_search($remoteAddr, $allowedIps) === false
                && array_search(Mage::helper('core/http')->getHttpHost(), $allowedIps)
=== false) {
                $allow = false;
            }
        }

        return $allow;
    }