PHP File to Log Visitors
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nesterdwarf
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- May 30, 2008
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This should get you started at least -
Output will look something like this -
Note that the $ref variable will be empty if you go to the page directly, so there should be some information behind the last "-".
HTH
ND
Code:
<?php
$myFile = "testFile.txt";
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$stringData = $agent . " - " . $ip . " - " . $ref . "\n";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);
?>Output will look something like this -
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 - 174.125.36.177 -Note that the $ref variable will be empty if you go to the page directly, so there should be some information behind the last "-".
HTH
ND
innozemec
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thats a good and simple solution, however i would advice you to use file_put_contents() and place a LOCK on the file. Depending on the site traffic it might loose some writes in your solution if there are much simultaneous visitors..
innozemec
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yeah, db is always better, but the guy probably wants just a text file..
If you don't need to import that information into anything, then your server will probably be logging this information anyway - most hosts offer some kind of webstats program like Awstats or even the option to download raw access log files.
This is a horrible suggestion! Sorry, but I'm not looking for newb advice.add google analytics to your site!
Thanks for all the other info on this thread, though, I think that script will work just fine for my needs. Yeah, db is better, but I'm just using this to check the hits I'm getting and then shutting off traffic after maybe 100 visitors. I might log more visitors later, but just wanted something simple like this.
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Newb advice?
Google analytics is problaby one of the most detailed and best solutions out there to keep track of your visitors. There is also awstats wich could easily be installed on your server, if you have control over it ofcourse.
why reinvent the weel? Why waste time programming something thats already made and as good as it could get when it comes to stats?
It's totally upto you, but I don't think I'm the "newb" here if you actually have to ask how to make your own statistics script.. I could make that with a blindfold covering my eyes.
Good luck
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jazzc
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Why am I even wasting my time on this issue? Like I said, you're clearly a newb. First of all, I don't want google knowing shit about my site. Secondly, google analytics doesn't give you numbers on everyone who visits your site. I want to know every bot or spider that crawls my site as well as people who don't have javascript. Many people use javascript blockers so those people won't be reported on your site.
Seriously, I'm trying to help you out here, if you want an alternative to Google Analytics that's self-hosted and free, check out Piwik. Google Analytics is about the worst analytics program you can use on your sites, ESPECIALLY if you're using blackhat methods.