storing website visitor information in txt file 3

[rossmcl]

Hello.

I want to store information on visitors coming to my website using PHP. (my website is FLASH-based)
I unfortunately do not have mySQL, therefore I need to store the information in a text file. (wrong way to do it I know, but I cannot use mySQL for other reasons.

1) is this possible to do it using txt file
2) how?!?!?

I am very new to Flash, and even newer to PHP, so have no clue what are the variables I can get with PHP.

Essentially, at a minimum I want to store

a) date visited
b) machine IP visited from
c) logged in username from NT/XP if possible
d) any other useful unique information I can get about the website visitor

Is this possible?

Thanks
RM

 

[sleipnir214]

If you're only writing to the file, then a text file is not necessarily a bad idea. Appending to a file is a fairly simple operation in PHP. Using a file like a database (writing and reading values) can be problematic.


PHP's date() function (

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)

can return a date in any format you might need.

The other information will be available in PHP's predefined superglobal array, $_SERVER (

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php),

with the possible exception of the NT/XP logged-in username.

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[MikeBronner]

This should help you get started with what you need:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

php.net has probably the most complete manual and reference to PHP stuff in general.

Take Care,
Mike

 

[jimoblak]

Here's what I use on some pages...

Simply create a blank text file (log.csv), upload to your server, and set the permissions so that it can be written to by the server (CHMOD 755).

//LOG USER
$date = date("ymd-Hi");
$LogFile = "log.csv";
$FilePointer = fopen ($LogFile, "a");
fwrite ($FilePointer, "\"$date\",\"$REMOTE_ADDR\",\"$HTTP_REFERER\"\n");
fclose ($FilePointer);
//END LOG USER

This records the date & time, the user's IP address and what page they came from.

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[sleipnir214]

PHP has a function for writing to a file with a minimum of fuss: error_log() (

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.error-log.php)

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