Re: efficient log system

On Tue, June 12, 2007 6:26 am, Alain Roger wrote: > I would like to create a log system to keep a trace of all users' > actions > (log-in, remove, change or update data, and so on...). > What should i do or to what should i take care to not have problem ? > > I was thinking to create a folder on my server where log files will be > stored, but what is the best practice. You probably can't get too much more efficient/reliable than a simple http://php.net/error_log wrapped inside your own function to make it easier to hit the file you want. You could dink around with logging into a database, perhaps, and that has some benefits in terms of analysis queries. If Performance is way more important than anything else, perhaps log to a ram disk and sync that to a real hard drive in a cron job... But you'd lose any recent activity in a crash or a really savvy attacker might be able to "hide" activity by forcing the ram disk to fail or... I wouldn't go down this route unless the other two have already failed miserably. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?