recording ip address & other data

[droidus]

how would i record a user's information (browser info., ip address) to a text file?

[teynon]

<?php
   $handle=fopen("myfile.txt", "a+");
   fwrite($handle, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
   fclose($handle);
?>

[droidus]

so why can't i write server information with this code?:

 

<?php
$filename = 'file.txt';
$somecontent = $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($filename)) {

    // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
    // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence
    // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
    if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
         echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
         exit;
    }

    // Write $somecontent to our opened file.
    if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {
        echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
        exit;
    }

    echo "Success, wrote \"$somecontent\" to file \"$filename\"";

    fclose($handle);

} else {
    echo "The file, \"$filename\" is not writable";
}
?>

[teynon]

What happens? Is it saying file is not writable? If so, you need to chmod the file or directory.

[AyKay47]

What errors/messages do you receive. A little lore information would be appreciated

[chintansshah]

Hello Drodious,

 

Please write

error_reporting(E_ALL);

at line number 2 and reply back with error.

 

Regards,

Chintan

[TeNDoLLA]

<?php
   $handle=fopen("myfile.txt", "a+");
   fwrite($handle, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
   fclose($handle);
?>

 

Can be also done with a oneliner:

 

file_put_contents('myfile.txt', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], FILE_APPEND);

[ZulfadlyAshBurn]

you didnt specify $handle ?

[droidus]

Hello Drodious,

 

Please write

error_reporting(E_ALL);

at line number 2 and reply back with error.

 

Regards,

Chintan

 

i get :

 

Notice: Undefined index: REQUEST_TIME in /homepages/.../.../htdocs/uploader/test2.php on line 4

Success, wrote "" to file "file.txt"

 

line 4 contains: "$somecontent = $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];"

[AyKay47]

your server is probably not configured for this then, you will need to contact you host about this issue

[dcro2]

You could just use time instead of REQUEST_TIME. It's pretty much the same thing.

$somecontent = time();

[droidus]

why can't i do this?:

 

$somecontent = "<br>" . date("F j, Y, g:i a");

[TeNDoLLA]

You can use it. Just use in date_default_timezone_set() to get correct time (if it is not already correct).

[Porl123]

Also text files don't recognise <br> tags as line breaks, as that is a html tag. Use this instead:

$somecontent = "\n" . date("F j, Y, g:i a");