Code-Bin #27 - Find Phrase in Logfile

Find Phrase in Logfile
Posted by: Stephen | May 6, 2007 @ 4:03pm

PHP Code

<?php
// Script: Find Phrase in Logfile
// Author: Stephen Lance
// Homepage: http://stephen.calvarybucyrus.org
// Email: pksml@netscape.net
// Version: 1.0
// Release Date: Monday, July 10, 2006

header("Cache-Control: no-cache"); // Browser will always get current results

// Get variables from the query string
$file = $_GET['file'];
$phrase = $_GET['phrase'];

if ($_GET['file']) {$file = urldecode($_GET['file']);}
if ($_GET['phrase']) {$phrase = urldecode($_GET['phrase']);}

// Default File, if none specified in the query string
// This file should be your server's logfile
if (!$_GET['file']) {$file = c:/progra~1/abyssw~1/log/access.log";}
// Default phrase to search for, if not specified in the query string
if (!$_GET['phrase']) {$phrase = "google";}

$lines = file($file); // Get logfile into $lines array.
$num = count($lines); // Count number of array entries

echo "<PRE>";
print "Logfile: $file\n";
print "Lines: $num\n\n";
print "Phrase: \"$phrase\"\n";
print "Usage: <a href=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?file=/website/log/cbc-access.log&phrase=".date(d)."/".date(M)."/".date(Y)."\">";
print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?file=/website/log/cbc-access.log&phrase=".date(d)."/".date(M)."/".date(Y)."</a>\n\n\n";

$number = 0;
foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line)
{
if (preg_match("|$phrase|", $line)) {echo "$line"; $number = $number + 1;}
}
echo "\nNumber of occurrences: $number";
?>

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Author Comments

This script will search your logfile for a certain phrase.

Usage: find-phrase.php?phrase=Googlebot&file=c:/progra~1/abyssw~1/log/access.log

You can also use it to display just today's web traffic.
find-phrase.php?phrase=06/May/2007&file=c:/progra~1/abyssw~1/log/access.log

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