What do you think of my new Who’s Online script?
Who’s Online PHP Script by Mike Challis
Version: 1.01 - 14-Dec-2008
- I moved all the settings to a include-whos-online-settings.php to help make updates easier
- fixed missing language setting TEXT_VISITORS_ONLINE_NOW
- added more error traps, one to catch a missing spiders.txt
- fixed extra on whos-online page messing up HTML validation.
- added date and time format settings
upgrading from version 1.00 requires reading the readme.txt again, the steps have changed
database requires no changes.
Version: 1.02 14-Dec-2008
- fix for Fatal error: Call to undefined function check_for_settings()
- fix for empty records dates/times
upgrading from version 1.01 requires replacing include-whos-online-page.php and include-whos-online-header.php
Version: 1.03 14-Dec-2008
- added one more time format setting to include-whos-online-settings.php
// time format displayed on ‘Entry’ and ‘Last Click’ time on the whos-online page
// ‘h:i:s’ would be 02:25:25
$C[‘time_format_hms’] = ‘h:i:s’;
to upgrade from 1.02
replace include-whos-online-page.php and add this setting to your include-whos-online-settings.php
Version: 1.04 14-Dec-2008
- fix for show bots checkbox being ignored
to upgrade from 1.03, replace include-whos-online-page.php
Version: 1.05 14-Dec-2008
- fix time format issue with records for users who want to select 24 hour time display
to upgrade from 1.04, replace include-whos-online-header.php
Version: 1.06 18-Dec-2008
- added mysql link identifier to each mysql call (for better compatibility if you have another mysql app in your site template, ie: wordpress)
to upgrade from 1.05, replace include-whos-online-header.php and include-whos-online-page.php
Version: 1.07 20-Dec-2008
- added country flags addon feature, installing this addon will add Country Flags next to each IP address on your whos-online.php page
see ‘country-addon’ folder readme.txt in the zip file for more info
to upgrade from 1.06, replace include-whos-online-header.php and include-whos-online-page.php and add this setting to include-whos-online-settings.php
// enable ip-to-country lookups
// requires installing the country-addon plugin
// enabling this will cause an error if you have not installed the plugin!
$C[‘enable_country_lookup’] = 0; // 1 enables, 0 disables
Version: 1.08 21-Dec-2008
- bug fix, 1.07 was broken, the country flags all showed “g”
to upgrade from 1.07, replace include-whos-online-header.php
Version: 1.50 22-Dec-2008
- lots of changes for the new password protect feature
- changed default settings for refresh, profile_display, ip_display, last_url_display, referer_dispay to disabled for the most conservative privacy.
- added password protection feature with several options, you can enable it in include-whos-online-settings.php be sure to change the default password!
to upgrade from 1.08, replace include-whos-online-settings.php (re-configure your settings), include-whos-online-page.php, whos-online.php
non-carterlake users will also need to revisit Step 3 and Step 6 of the “Installation (any other php template sites)” section in the readme.txt file
Version: 1.51 22-Dec-2008
- fixed bug where IP addresses sometimes were not showing when logged in
to upgrade from 1.50, replace include-whos-online-page.php
Version: 1.52 31-Dec-2008
- fixed refresh not working when login enabled and logged in
- added a new state-addon plugin to show “city, state” next to country flags, see ‘state-addon’ folder readme.txt
- thanks to (Jim McMurry - jcweather.us) for the idea and some of the code.
to upgrade from 1.51, replace whos-online.php, include-whos-online-page.php, and include-whos-online-header.php
I think I got all the bugs worked out, it should be stable now.
Download
http://www.642weather.com/weather/scripts/whos-online.zip
Live Demo
My whose-online page is password protected to protect my site visitors privacy
I include a screenshot of the whos online page in the zip file (with ip addresses blanked out)
Features:
Shows Search bots, Visitors, and You
admin only password protection option to protect your site visitors privacy
Time online
Entry Time
Last Click Time
IP Addresses
IP Lookups
Last URL Visited
Referrer URL
Visitor count
Language variables, easy to translate
Includes a carterlake php template page and it is style switcher compatible
Options: Show or hide Bots, Refresh rate, Profile display
It uses a MySQL database.
Visitors are considered inactive after 5 minutes. Removed after 15 minutes.
This is not a page hit counter or page view logger, you can use google analytics or webalizer for that.
Note: I force the style to wide on this page because it needs a wide table.
This script only supports PHP files in a template site at this time.
Later on I might add a feature to support html page activity by using a very small pixel image hit.
This is inspired by the osCommerce contribution “Who’s Online Enhancement”
This is new …
If you have any ideas for more features, let me know
If you try it please let me know, thanks
