Sorry to side track the issue, but when did this happen to you on GoDaddy? I have never experienced this problem. I have been using them for two years and I often leave domains in the checkout and come back sometimes days later and they're still $7.95. 2009/4/7 Michael Kubler <mdkknd@xxxxxxxxx> > DO NOT USE GO-DADDY. > Sorry, just had to say that Go-Daddy will cause all sorts of issues when > your domain expires, or if you check for a domain but don't purchase it > straight away. When you come back a little bit later you'll have to pay > hundreds of dollars for the domain (as they registered it while you were > gone), instead of the usual $20/yr type thing. > > Try Planetdomain (although their website is being re-designed at the > moment), MelbourneIT (expensive), or even Google (surprisingly cheap). > Actually if you search, there's a website that has a list of the different > domain registrars and their costs that you could look at. > > > As for quota control you can pipe everything through PHP which is more CPU > intensive but will be more accurate in terms of which user was accessing the > account. You could also parse the Apache log files (or whatever the web > server is), which is more accurate but also slower. > > For bandwidth you can use something like the bandwidth mod for Apache which > will allow you to prevent your webserver from completely saturating your > Internet connection, allowing you to still surf the net or play games while > people are accessing your site. > > Michael Kubler > *G*rey *P*hoenix *P*roductions <http://www.greyphoenix.biz> > > > > > JD wrote: > >> Excellent, thanks both for the suggestions. I'd like to continue hosting >> it myself if for no other reason than I want to learn how to manage some of >> the hardware, software and operating systems that I otherwise don't get much >> exposure to. I'm treating this as a learning experience. >> >> I like the idea of the file_get_contents() as it sounds easier to >> implement, but, again, I'm using this as a learning experience so maybe I'll >> try and parse out the log files as you suggest. >> >> Again, many thanks! >> Dave >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> >> To: Yannick Mortier <mvmortier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: JD <danceintherain82@xxxxxxxxxxx>, php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: PHP bandwidth control >> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:03:12 -0700 >> >> Yannick Mortier wrote: >> >> >>> 2009/4/6 JD <danceintherain82@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am relatively new to PHP and am trying to make a video/image sharing >>>> site for my family to upload and share family videos and pictures. My >>>> concern is that because I'm hosting this site at my house, I will quickly >>>> exceed my bandwidth limitations each month if all the family members I think >>>> will use the site do actually end up using it. What I'd like to do is set up >>>> each family member with their own login and track how much bandwidth they >>>> use and cap it after a certain amount. The login stuff is easy and I have >>>> that figured out, but I haven't been able to figure out a good way to track >>>> the bandwidth used by each user that logs in. Is there a good way to do this >>>> with PHP? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> Click here for free information on how to reduce your debt by filing for >>>> bankruptcy. >>>> >>>> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxXKInZ3kl2SDnqN7ifO3PSaE96m9RMpRCn9agvvsomFpM5Y0grTAM/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I guess there are multiple ways to engage this problem. It depends how >>> "deep" you want to log the traffic. If you just want to count the >>> traffic of each image, video etc you could just wrap up each image and >>> video to go through php first with file_get_contents() (look in the >>> php manual there are some examples how to work with this), count how >>> many bytes of data will be sent out and log this in a database or >>> however you want to do this. >>> If the bandwith limit is exceeded you don't deliver the image anymore >>> and display an error message instead. >>> >>> If you want to catch all traffic you must parse the log files from you >>> webserver. To do this you could save the IP with which the login of >>> the user was performed and connect all traffic that was done by that >>> IP to the User. If the traffic limit is exceeded you display an error >>> message. >>> >>> I guess for some family-internal sharing the first approach should be >>> good enough. Just make sure you take some bandwith for the html pages >>> into your calculations. >>> >>> >>> >> >> My suggestion would be to do it on a real server and avoid any and all ISP >> restrictions, present and future. >> >> Don't register your domain with your host though, I found it to be a real >> PITA to switch hosts when you use them as your registrar, getting them to >> relinquish control of the domain can be a PITA. >> >> Instead register with someone like godaddy that lets you specify the >> nameservers and host elsewhere. Then if you feel like you need to move it to >> a different host, your current host can't be jerks about it. >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Purify your water with professional water treatment. Click now! >> >> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxWi0WoglDK0IWRPkII8DwKjpWYPNFWYl5H4goF180aUp9479wxiL2/ >> >> >> >
