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Does Freeola offer an access log for each users web space? I have temporarily set up something myself, suing CGI and SSI, but it only records hits on pages. I'm thinking of making my logging system more sophisticated, but if Freeola offer a decent service, then it will be much better than setting up my own. Anyone know?

Cheers,
Rikki

No it would not be possible for us to create a seperate log file for each user as this would put strain on both cpu usage and hard drive space.

You will have to devise some kind of system yourself.

Thign is, I want to register access to graphics files and the like, and cgi scripts. I already have it set to log hits on webpages (by running a SSI'd CGI script - though I want to limit by using cookies, but I don't understand them yet). Any chance Freeola can set up the server to create a proper standard log file?

Rikki

A quick way to do it would be to use the 'error_log' function in PHP. PHP is enabled as standard on everybody's accounts. You simply put a line of code at the top of the page which will write whatever you want to a logfile whenever the page is accessed. You could log time, date, IP address etc etc.

Go to www.uk.php.net and do a search for error_log to see how to do it. If you have any problems let me know and I'll try and help.

Does Freeola offer an access log for each users web space? I have temporarily set up something myself, suing CGI and SSI, but it only records hits on pages. I'm thinking of making my logging system more sophisticated, but if Freeola offer a decent service, then it will be much better than setting up my own. Anyone know?

Cheers,
Rikki