Data Loggin Via PHP, is it possible?

[dark_destroyer]

Hi All,

 

I have done some basic PHP/MySQL Programming.

I am playing about with an application for a phone, i want to send the information in its raw format to a location on my server.  Basically I want to enter an IP address or URL into the application, then simply view the raw contents in a simple txt file.  I have tried searching posts for a way to do this but came up short.

 

Firstly, is what Im trying to do, possible.  Secondly, can someone point me in the right direction to get started?

 

Thanks,

Dark

[premiso]

Very possible.

 

You can acheive this by setting a server on your local box and making it accessible to the world (note that this opens up security risks) and using a domain service like no-ip.com to have a "name" to send your phone to.

 

To setup Apache on Windows see WAMP on Linux LAMP on Max MAMP ( I believe). Then you just have to setup the code you need.

[dark_destroyer]

Hi thanks for the reply.I was hoping for a pointer in the right direction for code. Ii already have my server setup with apache and php.I just don't know where to begin with tryin to log data. Thanks

Gggg

 

[The Eagle]

Text file database.

[dark_destroyer]

Hi The Eagle,

 

Thanks for that, but will that not just log the users IP Address? or would log any raw data being sent from that IP?

 

 

Thanks,

Dark

[ixicoding]

<?php echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; ?>

 

is actually his signature.

 

His reply was:

 

"Text file database"

[The Eagle]

dark_destroyer,

 

My reply was "Text file database" so you can easily access it from your mobile device and read it easily. I don't really think I do understand your question though, what type of raw data are you trying to receive?

[dark_destroyer]

Hi All,

 

Sorry for the mis-read earlier.  I dont need to access the info from my mobile.

I have an application that sends the phones IMEI and Current GPS location, it can either send it via SMS which is fine as I can just setup an SMS Modem to recieve the messages.

 

I want to be able to send it via GPRS to a "collector" on my site. 

The string that is sent is similar to this:

 

#REP#changeconfig#3934#17#012120000007502#52.345334#-7.343555#272023113718099#200#Mode#2#8#

 

What i want to do is simply store it in a txt or csv file for further analyses.

 

Thanks,

Dark