help with "if" statement (I think)

[rhock_95]

Not being a coder (just a hack)...I think I need an if statement...?

 

I have a logging script that runs on a search form...the problem is Google and other searchbots load up the log file...

 

Can I use an if statement to match IP addresses against an array of IPs ?

and "if" the IP matches one in the array close the file? (write nothing) "else" it writes the data...?

 

here is the logging script:

<?php  
$hFile = fopen( "./logs/log.txt", "a+" ); 
fwrite( $hFile, "\n$city;$query;$category-"); 
fwrite($hFile,date("l, F jS Y - H:i:s-").($ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
fclose( $hFile ); 
?>

 

TIA

 

[ohdang888]

if($ip == whatever you want){

carry out this action

}

[rhock_95]

Thanks for the reply... can you elaborate a bit?

 

"whatever you want" can this be "$array"?

 

and

 

$array=xxx.xxx.xxx.xx0

$array=xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1

$array=xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2

$array=xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3

?

 

 

[ohdang888]

i;m not quite sure.

try doing this

 

$x = your array

if($ip == $x){

 

blah

 

}

[rhock_95]

I can't get your original snippet to work

if($ip == whatever you want){
carry out this action
}

 

if I use my own IP and tel it to close the file...it still logs the data...

 

i.e., the "if" statement does nothing..

 

[ohdang888]

i don't get what you are trying to do...

are you trying to hack into something?

 

trying to mess with google? I'll pass. They made a few BILLION dollars in profit last quarter... lets just say they've been spending an extra buck or two on prosecuting hackers.

 

 

 

[rhock_95]

Geeze...!

 

this is nothing but a flat file log script I have running on my own search form that searches my own database...but because I have Google Adsense ads running in the results pages... the spiders are constantly crawling the form and executing the log script...

 

all I am trying to do is stop the script from logging the data if an IP address matches the searchbot IP addresses...

[ohdang888]

hahaha. sorry. The (hack) then talking about google got me kinda thinking...

 

 

so anyways, i think you may be "over-logic-ing" all this.

i'm fairly certain there are simple html tags to turn crawlers away.

[ohdang888]

hahaha. sorry. The (hack) then talking about google got me kinda thinking...

 

 

so anyways, i think you may be "over-logic-ing" all this.

i'm fairly certain there are simple html tags to turn crawlers away.

 

[ohdang888]

edit mistakes... up.

[ohdang888]

are you trying to get the log.txt file in the directory before logs?

 

if so, turn this:

$hFile = fopen( "./logs/log.txt", "a+" );

into this:

$hFile = fopen( "../logs/log.txt", "a+" );

[rhock_95]

to clarify...

 

I want the search engines crawling the page...I just don't want them executing the log file script...

 

I want to see what my users are searching for but the crawlers are constantly loading the log file so it is difficult to see whatr actual users are looking for...

 

My intention is to simply stop certain IP addresses from executing my logging script..

 

I thought I could do this with an "IF" statement but so far no joy...

[rhock_95]

I solved this problem with the following code:

 

$deny = array("111.111.111", "222.222.222", "333.333.333");
if (in_array ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $deny)) {
   header("location: http://www.google.com/");
   exit();
}

 

if the IP=true the browser is redirected to Google.com

 

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