So I made a cron jop to copy the log to the web folder every 5 minutes. That worked fine. It seems that php can't read the /var/log/httpd folder without root perms.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ashley Sheridan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Yeah, Apache is still running, but it is the access log you are trying > to read, at the same time that you are Apache is being accessed. > Accessing the log from the terminal will be fine while Apache is > running, as it is unlikely it is being accessed at the very same > instant. Are you able to access other files? Also, have you tried > copying the file to another temporary version from within PHP an > accessing that? If that doesn't work, try executing a Bash script that > copies it someplace. Make sure to run the script in the background, and > maybe add a sleep period to it so that it doesn't interfere with Apache > accessing things. > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "sean greenslade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Micah Gersten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:41:54 -0400 > Subject: Re: Fwd: [PHP] php not reading file properly > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > >As it's the Apache access log that you are trying to read in, are you sure > that Apache is >not in the process of writing to it as you are > attempting to read from it? That might explain >why it seems to be empty, > although I would have thought it would just append the data to >the end of > the file, rather than rewriting the whole thing. > > I dunno. Like I said, I can read it thru the terminal. Apache is still > running then. > > As for Micah's response, that function won't work either. > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Micah Gersten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If the directory above it doesn't have execute privileges, it won't be > > able to read it either. > > Also, why not use the PHP5 function file_get_contents()? > > > > Thank you, > > Micah Gersten > > onShore Networks > > Internal Developer > > http://www.onshore.com > > > > > > > > sean greenslade wrote: > > > Thanks for the advice. I changed the perms to 777 and changed the user > > and > > > group to apache, but it still won't open. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Robbert van Andel < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Does the user your PHP instance runs as have access to the file? It's > > >> possible that it runs under a different users depending on if you're > > running > > >> the script on the terminal or in a web browser. The function fopen > will > > >> return false if the file fails to open. Find out if $fh is equal to > > false. > > >> While you're debugging, you might consider changing the display errors > > >> setting to see what warning fopen generates if the file fails to open. > > From > > >> http://us.php.net/fopen > > >> Errors/Exceptions > > >> > > >> If the open fails, the function an error of level *E_WARNING* is > > >> generated. You may use @< > > http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php>to > > suppress this warning. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, sean greenslade < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> I have this snippet of code that is supposed to read the apache > access > > log > > >>> and display it: > > >>> <?php > > >>> $myFile = "/var/log/httpd/access_log"; > > >>> $fh = fopen($myFile, 'r'); > > >>> $theData = fread($fh, filesize($myFile)); > > >>> fclose($fh); > > >>> echo > > >>> "This weeks apache log (clears every sunday morning):". > > >>> substr($theData,0,2000); > > >>> ?> > > >>> For some reason, it displays the logs when I run the php file thru > > >>> terminal: > > >>> php -f /web/apache.php > > >>> > > >>> but not when I access it thru the web. when I browse to it, it just > > >>> displays > > >>> the static text ("This weeks apache log (clears every sunday > > morning):"), > > >>> not the log text. > > >>> > > >>> Very confused, > > >>> zootboy > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Feh. > > -- Feh.
