XML Datafile & URLAlias Support in CVS

29 Mar 2008 14:02

by Oliver (Posted 29 Mar 2008 14:02)
Since today, XML Datafile access as well as URLAlias support are enabled in BetterAWStats.
Those were two key issues where BetterAWStats was not matching the capabilities of AWStats.

If you don't want to wait for the next version release, you can get the current version from CVS and enjoy the two new features.

Programmer's Note about XML Datafile support:
I first wrote a complete PHP XML-Parser which I then commented out. The reason for this is that AWStats has its data-map on the beginning, but in the XML version this points to the BEGIN_... text instead of the start of the xml data set. So it cannot be used to jump directly to a line in the file. Additionally, I could not find out how to make PHP read only a section of the file. So parsing the file with an XML parser took about 10 times longer than with the std method since it would always read the whole file. Further, XML has trouble parsing &-signs in URLs. On top of that, the SIDER section of the data is corrupt in AWStats since for some entries. the first number is not in its own -segment but simply split with a space after the URL.
Example:

Code: Select all: /forum/memberlist.php 2717200

All this made it better to parse the data by simply removing the XML from the file instead of using a proper XML parser. I did not look at the PERL code of AWStats, but I strongly assume AWStats is not using a XML reader either.

So there is currently no advantage in switching to XML data files, it is even a bit slower than the normal datafile.

Read the main topic related to this post

BetterAWstats 1.0 final released!

11 Mar 2008 13:31

by Oliver (Posted 11 Mar 2008 13:31)
We are proud to announce the release of BetterAWStats 1.0, the first final version of the software!

There are numerous new additions since 1.0 beta:
- added HTML charts also for full list
- added password-protection of config editor
- added new config options to prevent oversized charts
- added rowspan for tables
- added favicon for referring sites
- added chart titles
- added charts for screen sizes
- added TLDs to worldmap

In addition, many improvements to the code have been made:
- reduced memory load for HOSTS
- unknown browsers/os & Versions default to display=off
- improved design
- improved code for table creation (-30%)
- fixed Authenticated users
- fixed OS chart
- fixed Hotlinks
- fixed Averages
- fixed HTML codes in config file help
- fixed sorting for keys
- fixed URL-encoding of search phrases/words
- fixed strange int(0) == string error for HTTP error tables

Please download the latest version here. Support can be obtained here.

Read the main topic related to this post

BetterAWStats.com - Announcements

XML Datafile & URLAlias Support in CVS

BetterAWstats 1.0 final released!