Re: PHP logfile of PHP variables and scripts

From: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:02:27 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP logfile of PHP variables and scripts
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UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alex Vincent schrieb: > One thing I've been thinking about recently is a desire for PHP to > provide a function whereby PHP scripts can log incoming variables (such > as $HTTP_POST_VARS) and the PHP scripts which process them. Such a > function can prove very useful in knowing what a particular user has > done. > > Of course, not every PHP script needs logging in this sense. For > instance, if I grab a file from the server and dispatch it to the client > via PHP, that likely doesn't need logging. But a PHP script call which > includes dropping a MySQL database is another matter... > > I like the idea of autologging for two reasons. One is to allow me to > easily construct a PHP script for replicating my work elsewhere, > including creating a database holding the same structure but no > information. (This advances the cause of open-source development, in my > opinion.) The other is in case someone uses a PHP script on my site > maliciously; not only will I be able to track down who did it, but I > will likely be able to restore more of what they damaged, entirely. > > I wrote one possible autologger script. My friend (who is much more > experienced in PHP than I am) expanded it somewhat. I'd like to see > what the PHP development team thinks of adding an autologger function to > the PHP library of functions. > > Say, logPHPInstance($filename) (which includes a boolean value to > disable the autologger function within the log, in case someone tries to > execute the log file all over again without editing it.) > > http://freewarejava.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/002241.html > > Opinions? > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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