IP Logging! how?

evo4ever

Hey peaps. I want my site to log every IP that visits my site in a .txt file! I would also like to retrieve more info about the client, eg: OS, Browser, Date & Time visited etc. I know PHP can do this but I do not heh, can anyone give me help concerning this? thx!

ahundiak

To get started, write a simple
<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>
routine. This will display all of the available globals like
$REMOTE_ADDR (ip address) and
$HTTP_USER_AGENT (browser information)

Be aware that ip addresses may not be exactly what you expect. For example, users using a proxy server will all appear to have the same address.

You might also want to consider just using the logs already being generated by your web server.

suntra

You should use $SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] instead of $REMOTE_ADDR and $SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] instead of $HTTP_USER_AGENT. Why ? Security ! And in the last versionS of PHP, register_globals is set, by default, to off...

DigitalExpl0it

http://daemonprojects.com/fun/banhow.php

evo4ever

Thx for the replies but you havnt really answered my question properly heh. I need to know how to log evey IP that visits my site, then stores them into a .txt file. I would also like other info, the info i stated above ^.

PS: I dont own my web serverl Lycos does, do you really think they'll give me the server logs??? 🙂

suntra

$str = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] . " | " . $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] . "\n";
$fp = fopen("./log.txt", "a+");
fputs($fp, $str);
fclose($fp);

evo4ever

Thx for the script dude! One prob tho! it didnt work. No info was recorded into the log.txt file! What could be the problem??? Thx.

suntra

If you echo $str, do you see something ?

ahundiak

Actually, most providers do give you access to the logs for your domain.

In any event, was a log.txt file actually created? If not then there is probably a file permission problem since the web server probably runs as a different user than the owner of the directory.

You may need to create a logs directory and open up the permissions on it.

touchY

lycos.co.uk offers logs but you need to put a banner on your page to log visitors, its in the Extras menu I think on the left hand side