[RESOLVED]how to track what online user is doing?

[rasana]

Hi all,

how to track currently logged in users information?
(e.g. Whether user is editing profile, viewing page, deleting profile etc.)

[penagate]

You'll need a database. On every page action, simply save their location to the database, as well as the current timestamp. To view active users, just do a SELECT from the table, and drop rows which are older than a certain amount of time (say 15 minutes).

[rasana]

Thanks Penagate
I thought I will have to use session variables or something...
your method is easier than storing data in sessin variables..

[penagate]

Session variables would actually be easier if you could use a trick to view the session data of other users. I've never tried, but it would involve changing the location of the session data files. This wouldn't work on a shared hosting server though, and it'd also a potential security risk. The database method is more reliable.