[SOLVED] Getting Apache's log file data using PHP?

[random1]

Hey All,

 

I'd like to get some help on getting the content of Apache's log files (e.g. apache\logs\error.log).

 

I'd like to get the last 20 entries/lines in the file to avoid loading a giant log file. 

 

Any ideas? Best would be an array of each line split into type.

[trq]

By default the Apache user doesn't have permissions to read these files, only root does.

 

You would need to setup sudo to allow access (see man sudoers), from there, I'd simply use the head command via exec.

[Alex]

I was able to do it this way:

 

<?php
$file = '../../Apache/logs/error.log'; //Change to your path
$fp = fopen($file, 'r');
fseek($fp, filesize($file)-2500);
$content = array_slice(array_reverse(explode("\n",fread($fp, 2500))), 0, 21);
array_shift($content);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($content);
echo "</pre>";

[random1]

Thanks AlexWD! :D

 

I ended up using:

 

$file = 'D:\\xampp\\apache\\logs\\error.log'; // Path of Apache log file
$fp = fopen($file, 'r');
fseek($fp, filesize($file)-5000);
$content = array_slice(array_reverse(explode("\n",fread($fp, 5000))), 0, 21);
array_shift($content);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($content);
echo '</pre>';

[Alex]

Np, just press the "topic Solved" button on the bottom left.