This is some code I already use... you may wish to change the way you retrieve you whois data. Ryan <html> <head><title>Whois</title></head> <body> <form name=theform action="whois.php" method=post> Hostname: <input type=text name=host length=30> <input type=submit> </form> <?php //if a domain name was provided if ($host) { //output the name of the host echo "<h3>$host</h3><pre>"; //backwards tick marks will run this command on the server and echo's it out to the screen echo `whois $host`; echo "</pre>"; //get the timestamp and ip $timestamp = date("YmdHis"); $ip = getenv(REMOTE_ADDR); //create your query $query = "insert into whois_log (domain, timestamp, ip) values (\"$host\", \"$timestamp\", \"$ip\")"; //run the query against the database with your variables for $server, $username, and $password $db = mysql_connect($server,$username,$password); mysql_select_db("your_database",$db); if (!$result = @mysql_query($query,$db)){ $error = mysql_error(); print("Error Processing Query: $error<br>$query<br>"); } } ?> <script>document.theform.host.focus()</script> </body> </html> -----Original Message----- From: IS [mailto:is@think.nl] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:27 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: store whois requests I want to store whois requests including the ip address and date/time stamp into a file or MySQL database (a database is what I prefer to use) for monitoring the PHP whois script. Anybody an idea of how I could do this? I'm a beginner in PHP so any help is welcome. --IS -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php