[DAL]

How can I test to see who is logged in and who is offline? I have them loggin in through the .htaccess/.htpasswd system and I use the env var for picking up their usernames.

Is there some sort of test that would tell me there online


Bonus Q - what about finding out which page there viewing as well ...that would be good, but not so important.

[Skeleton Man]

You could monitor who is viewing which page, by having some kinda tracking script called via SSI on each page (you can't get that kinda info any other way).

As for seeing who is online, the tracking script could read the env variable to get the person's username, and write it to some kinda database, from which you can get a listing. If the user is not logged in, that env var will not exist or will be empty, so you can have the script react accordingly.

[DAL]

Originally Posted by Skeleton Man

You could monitor who is viewing which page, by having some kinda tracking script called via SSI on each page (you can't get that kinda info any other way).

As for seeing who is online, the tracking script could read the env variable to get the person's username, and write it to some kinda database, from which you can get a listing. If the user is not logged in, that env var will not exist or will be empty, so you can have the script react accordingly.

a Ha ! So when a env variable is not being used it doesnt excist! Perfect thats got to be the easiest thing Ive tried to accomplish thus far

Thanks for replying Skeleton Man