I can understand why somebody would want to capture the information in this way. There are a lot of hosting companies which offer packages that don't necessarily include such stats.
I might be wrong - I frequently am :-( - but is it also not the case that by tying this information into sessions you get a better profile of unique visitors to the site which is often difficult to obtain from some of the access logs? Michael Egan > -----Original Message----- > From: raditha dissanayake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 July 2004 16:22 > To: I.A. Gray > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] get_browser and $_SERVER info from an > IFRAME[Scanned] > > > I.A. Gray wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I have a php webstats script that puts info into a MYSQL database. I > >include it at the top of each page that I have. > > > But is it really needed? surely a web log analyser is more > efficient . > If your hosting company does not provide you access to raw > log files you > are being ripped off. > > -- > Raditha Dissanayake. > --------------------------------------------- > http://www.raditha.com/megaupload/upload.php > Sneak past the PHP file upload limits. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The information contained in this email (and in any attachments sent with it) is confidential. It is intended for the addressee only. Access to this email by anyone else is unintended and unauthorized. If you are not the original addressee, 3tc asks you to please maintain confidentiality. If you have received this email in error please notify 3tc immediately by replying to it, then destroy any copies and delete it from your computer system. Any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email by anyone except the addressee in the normal course of his/her business, is strictly prohibited. 3tc owns the copyright in this email and any document created by us and assert the right to be identified as the author of it. Copyright has not been transferred to the addressee. We protect our systems with Sophos Anti-virus - www.sophos.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
