Posted by petersprc on 03/25/07 12:36

You could do this with tail and fread. Here's one example of reading a
file that's continuously being updated:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.lang.php/msg/03b2d87c7d0cf1a8

On Mar 25, 8:07 am, jerryyang_...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> My mail server outputs live logs like this:
>
> T 20070325 123318 4605007c Connection from 111.111.111.111
> T 20070325 123319 4605007c HELO testdomain.com
> T 20070325 125817 46050083 EHLO S010600110962b82a.ed.roguedomain.net
> T 20070325 125818 46050083 MAIL FROM: <gqvnwu...@roguedomain.net>
> E 20070325 125823 46050083 Host 68.150.140.71 blocked by
> 10-12 .sorbs.net C - Block - message tagged.
> T 20070325 125824 46050083 RCPT TO: <dign...@newsite.com>
> E 20070325 125824 46050083 RCPT from 68.150.140.71 - user
> <dign...@newsite.com> not known.
> T 20070325 125824 46050083 Connection closed with 68.150.140.71, 7
> sec. elapsed.
> T 20070325 123349 4605007c Connection closed with 111.111.111.111, 31
> sec. elapsed.
> T 20070325 125947 46050084 Connection from 83.28.27.71
> T 20070325 125947 46050084 HELO drmac.cl
> T 20070325 125947 46050084 MAIL FROM: <bitransmitt...@drmac.cl>
> E 20070325 125948 46050084 Host 83.28.27.71 blocked by
> zen.spamhaus.org sbl/xbl/pbl/zen 2 - message tagged.
> T 20070325 125948 46050084 RCPT TO: <a1aaa1azzzz1zaa...@newsite.com>
> E 20070325 125948 46050084 RCPT from 83.28.27.71 - user
> <a1aaa1azzzz1zaa...@newsite.com> not known.
> T 20070325 125949 46050084 Connection closed with 83.28.27.71, 2 sec.
> elapsed.
>
> I'm looking to try and read this file via PHP and colourise each line
> based on the connection ID displaying the final result in a php
> page...
>
> eg:
>
> T 20070325 123318 4605007c Connection from 111.111.111.111
> The ID is 4605007c This appears on 3 lines. Note that the ID's are
> not always grouped together.
>
> Can this be done ?? The file is live and constantly changing...
>
> Thanks

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