Logging Access with PHP

JCScoobyRS

I'd like to create a log file on my server, in text format, that will record the time and IP address of all access to my homepage. Can someone help me with this? Thanks, Jeremy

scoppc

I have done this and just wanna give you hint.
You can use $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] variable to get the IP address of anyone visiting your homepage and time() function to capture the time (well, in UNIX timestamp).

Just use filesystem functions like fopen, fread, and so on to save the data into a log file, say access.log or somethin.

HTH.

JCScoobyRS

Only a hint? You can't help me out more? Just messing with you. Thanks for the help. What I'd like to do is create this so that it will check to see if there is already a log present, with the same date as the date being logged, if so, append to it, if not, create a new log called dateformat.log. The format will probably be mmddyyyy.log. Once the file is there, created or already present, open the file and write to it. Anymore help? Thanks, Jeremy

NoFear

Use one of the date functions like to get the 8 digit date in consecutive number order, like 01082003, then check to see if this number is a file:

file_exists("01082003.log");

You could also store this number as a variable and use it like that. Or you don't even have to name it like this. You could also have other text with it, like this:

file_exists("thislog-".$datevariable.".log");