phpwcms Support Forum

I'm currently writting a mod for phpwcms (webstats: more info soon)
and would like to know is it preffered that I...

• create 3 new tables within the phpwcms database, two of which only store INT totals?(faster for the server)
• create 1 new table then analize the data to extract the infomation required (cleaner looking database tables)
• use a new database all together?(some isp only allow limited db's per user)]
• go home and get a real job?(easier for me).

no offence to you but you realy think you want spent that time ?

it gives good free stats like awstats

so why wcms should be blown up ?

feelX wrote:no offence to you but you realy think you want spent that time ?

it gives good free stats like awstats

so why wcms should be blown up ?

you can not run awstats on all servers it req. perl/cgi-bin if I remember right!

I'd prefer the first option with several new tables. The db tables could still look clean, there would only exist more of them .

One strong thing that makes me think so is the fact, that there would be needed at least two tables: one that stores the stats-categories, and one that stores the values of the categories (e.g.: Browsers - IE|Mozilla|Safari|etc., Resolutions - 1600x1200|1280x1024|800x600|etc.)

I suppose this is the kind of stats you want to do?

no offence to you but you realy think you want spent that time ?

After seeing the 'BIG FAT ZERO' on Frold's 'phpwcms most wanted' list I thought I would hate to let that many people down

no actually I have looked over a few webstats scripts and thought this was easy enough for a first script, I have just got to learn this php/sql so it's more a learning thing for me, a webstat thing for you

you might want to consider doing something that uses flat files. I have always found that the file stuff is always more difficult than the database side of things and that way you could get a head start on regex!!! And we all love regex

That way you could also write something from stratch which will allow you to learn more anyway than applying some script. Just my 2 cents . Good Luck and feel free to ask for help.

*** also, php.net is the best docs I have ever used and when they don't cover something I check out irc.freenode.net #php

thanks IR, I have just installed the newly posted webstats as integrated by someone else so have already pulled the plug on my script.

flatfiles? is that reading and writting to a file in acsii &/or binary?

thanks IR, I have just installed the newly posted webstats as integrated by someone 'cguenther' so have already pulled the plug on my script.

flatfiles? is that reading and writting to a file in acsii &/or binary?

hmm ... my tough is xml is better than flatfiles and more flexible and it has standarts...

Assomeone who doesn't know any better, I hope it's all good advice
I would hate to be starting at the top and work backwards.

I agree with xml. You still need to know how to do the editing of the file and such so that would be a good of using flat files. You could mess with incorporting something like blogger since it uses atom feeds which are xml. It would also be pretty easy (maybe too easy actuall ). In any sense just go for it and have fun.

thanks, i'll play a little next week.
for now i have to work &

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take it out of here dude !!
there are good deeds to be done in here.

and i just got one more