Re: [SLUG] web question..
> When I have a web client hit a web page on my server... what information can > one extract from the browser? EVERYTHING. You can be Big Brother himself if you want to. :) > I'd like to know where I could find a url that > explains the variables.. as I would like to get a php3 script to grab out as > much info from the client and log it. Okay, do you really need php to do the logging, etc? When Apache does all this for you, you may as well use it's logging features. Much easier. :) If your Apache is set up sanely, you can replace the reference to your access.log file in httpd.conf to: CustomLog /home/jdub/public_html/stats/access.log full So, instead of using the normal, somewhat minimal log, it will suck out everything. Then, you can use common statistics tools to view your logfiles nicely. The one we use on SLUG is Webalizer, which is fairly good. http://slug.org.au/stats/> A little bird has just whispered into my ear that Analog is also good, although I must admit, it was the pretty colours of Webalizer that clinched the deal for me. ;) Both have pretty good setup documentation. > Especially if I could find out what > url they just can from to get to the page they are at. Analog and Webalizer will do this for you, and even give you a rundown of the countries your viewers come from. See http://linux.conf.au/stats/> for a more interesting look at this... See the pie chart down the bottom. If you want a peek at the referring site in a PHP script, use the $HTTP_REFERRER variable. All Free Software. ;) - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://linux.conf.au/ -- It's depressing to see such useful code wasted on such a useless license. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] web question..
Crossfire wrote:
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> Why use a PHP3 script when Apache can log it for you?
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> The most useful information you can get about the browser is the User-Agent
> string, which identifies which browser is viewing the page.
Hmm, dependent solely on a set string which for Nutscape on Linux says
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Re: [SLUG] web question..
Thanks for the info ppl. I have since got what I needed. I remember seeing that phpinfo stuff somewhere in a doc. Great to have someone jog my memory. I needed it, as squidGuard is redirecting proxy denied clients to a webpage, but I want this webpage to email admin or even log the information the client was trying to access. As squidGuard had no cgi script that you could pass the user to, before sending them to a denied page. I think I will be able to code what I need out of the information I have, and the limited php coding skills I have acquired over the past 3-6 months :) Thanks once more.. Michael -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] web question..
Why use a PHP3 script when Apache can log it for you? The most useful information you can get about the browser is the User-Agent string, which identifies which browser is viewing the page. This information can be used for all sorts of sillyness should you desire to use it that way. Using a CustomLog, you can easily configure Apache to save the User-Agent string [as well as many other parameters] recieved during a HTTP request so you can then look at with which browser your site was hit with. +--+ | Crossfire | This message was brought to you | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% recycled electrons | +--+ - Original Message - From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:35 AM Subject: [SLUG] web question.. > Hi guys, > > When I have a web client hit a web page on my server... what information can > one extract from the browser? I'd like to know where I could find a url that > explains the variables.. as I would like to get a php3 script to grab out as > much info from the client and log it. Especially if I could find out what > url they just can from to get to the page they are at. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] web question..
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Michael wrote: > When I have a web client hit a web page on my server... what information can > one extract from the browser? I'd like to know where I could find a url that > explains the variables.. as I would like to get a php3 script to grab out as > much info from the client and log it. Especially if I could find out what > url they just can from to get to the page they are at. Just have a page that does It will tell you all the variables and their content. tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] web question..
Hi guys, When I have a web client hit a web page on my server... what information can one extract from the browser? I'd like to know where I could find a url that explains the variables.. as I would like to get a php3 script to grab out as much info from the client and log it. Especially if I could find out what url they just can from to get to the page they are at. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks Michael -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
