Posted by devospice on 02/07/07 20:02

Hi,

I'm trying to create a download counter for individual files on a web
site and I'm not sure how to do this. Right now I'm using Webalizer
to just read the log files and see how many times the files I'm
interested in were downloaded. The problem is Webalizer breaks it up
by month and I want a running total. I'd also like to see the counts
without having to log in to Webalizer in the first place. Not that
logging in or adding the results is too difficult, but it would be
nice if I could just put a little number on the web site so when I go
to the site I can imediately see the download counts.

The first thing I thought of was accessing the log files via PHP and
reading the data out of there. However because the log files get
broken up, zipped, and a new one started after they reach a certain
size I'm afraid this will be too complicated and may put too much
extra strain on the server if this is done too often.

Also, what's the best way to read log files with PHP anyway?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

->Later.....Spice

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