Tutorial for creating a logging system?

[Eiolon]

I am looking for a tutorial that allows me to create a logging system for my application.  Basically, I want it to log what a paticular user does such as deleting something or making an edit, etc.  Thanks!

[cunoodle2]

I did a quick google search and came up with...

 

This example here

 

Good luck

[awpti]

Except he's looking for how to create a logging system, not a login system.

 

Really, it's not terribly difficult. You can either fire stuff out to a flat text file or store it in a DB.

 

Figure out what information you need to store and create a function:

 

_system_logger('alert_level', 'action_taken', 'by_user');

 

ex;

 

function _system_logger($level = 'NOTICE', $action, $user)
{
   $action_insert = array('level' => $level, 'action' => $action, 'user' => $user);
   $this->db->insert('system_logger', $action_insert);
}

 

Private function, only you will ever call it.. My above example relies on the ActiveRecord library included with CodeIgniter, but it gives you the idea of how it works. Just make a function that either does a fwrite() or mysql_query('insert into...');

 

[teng84]

men your example maybe good but for a noob do you think it helps?

 

This is always being asked here. but I believe if you know how to connect and query using a scripting language(PHP) then you should be fine I suggest learn the basic before jumping to a complicated codes  learn how to <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_select.asp> query</a> mysql in php first

 

and study the use of <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php">session</a>

[Eiolon]

I know how to do basic MySQL and PHP and have a good idea on how to accomplish the task.  I was really just looking for a tutorial so I could get some ideas for it.