NAME

WWW::Statistics - Perl extension for genarate and manage web site statistics

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Statistics;
  blah blah blah

DESCRIPTION

This module allow you to simply manage statistics for web site. It generate a really simple database, and give you all methods to manage it easily. With WWW::Statistics you can make your own statistics admin interface really simply.

EXPORT

None by default.

METHODS

• new : constructor. Arguments are : DB_HOST : IP adress or hostname of the database (default is 127.0.0.1)

          DB_USER : A username wich is authoryzed to connect to database (default is undef)
          
          DB_PASSWORD : The password associates with DBUSER (default is undef)
          
          DB_DATABASE : the database name (default is undef)
          
          DB_TYPE : the DBI driver name (default is 'mysql')
          
          IMAGES_DIR : the directory where we can found images for using in HTML graph generation. (optionnal)
          

  Moreover, you can pass all arguments wich are definable by followings accessors.

• setMSTN(VALUE) :

   accessor for setting MAIN_STAT_TABLE_NAME

• getMSTN :

   accessor for getting value of MAIN_STAT_TABLE_NAME

• setBACKUP_TABLE_NAME(VALUE) :

   accessor for setting BACKUP_TABLE_NAME

• getBACKUP_TABLE_NAME :

   accessor for getting value of BACKUP_TABLE_NAME

• setBACKUP_DESCRIPTION(VALUE) :

   accessor for setting BACKUP_DESCRIPTION

• getBACKUP_DESCRIPTION :

   accessor for getting value of BACKUP_DESCRIPTION

• setIMAGES_DIR(VALUE) :

   accessor for setting IMAGES_DIR

• getIMAGES_DIR :

   accessor for getting value of IMAGES_DIR

• addMainPages :

   Add a page to the main stats table (MAIN_STAT_TABLE_NAME)

• dropMainPages :

   drop a page to the main stats table (MAIN_STAT_TABLE_NAME)

• getIDfromPage(PAGE_NAME) :

   return the id of PAGE_NAME. Be carefull with this because if you have 2 pages with same name thereturned result will random...

• initDataBase :

   create and initialyzed the main database. Arguments are :
   
          PAGES_LIST : a list of pages you want to manage statistics for. Pass arguments as string (ex: 'index.pl,news.pl,pub.html'). Separator is the coma (',').
          
          If you don't have set it before : MAIN_STAT_TABLE_NAME the main statistics table (where are record current stats).

• initBackupDatabase :

   create the backup database

• decrMainPage(ID_PAGE) :

   decrement the page identified by ID_PAGE

• incrMainPage(ID_PAGE) :

   increment the page identified by ID_PAGE

• updateBackupDBschema :

   update the backup table's schema from the main table one.

• backupStats :

   backup statistics.

• generateHTMLBackupGraph :

   generate (and return) an HTML <TABLE> wich contain a graph of the specified backup is (see generateHTMLMainGraph method for explanation of arguments)

• generateHTMLMainGraph :

   generate (and return) an HTML <TABLE> wich contain the graph of main table. Arguments are :
   
          IMAGES_DIR : if you don't have set it before, the directory where we can find images wich we use to generate the graph.
          
          TABLE_NAME_FONT : opening HTML tag <FONT> wich determine the font of text inside <TD>
          
          TABLE_TAG : HTML tag <TABLE> you can specify special tag here
          
          TR_TAG : specify your <TR> tag here
          
          TD_TAG : specify your <TD> tag here
          
          TH_TAG : specify your <TH> tag here
          
          IMAGES_CYCLING : 0 or 1. If enable module choose one per one the different images wich are present in IMAGES_DIR. Else the module choose the first image.
          
          IMAGES_LIST : specify a list of images you want to use (as a string like 'img1.png,image.gif,logo.xpm' separator is a coma). (OPTIONNAL)
          
          IMG_TAG : specify your <IMG> tag here. Default is : <IMG SRC=__IMGSRC__ ALIGN=__IMGALIGN__ WIDTH=__IMGWIDTH__ HEIGHT=__IMGHEIGHT__>. You can use __IMGSRC__, __IMGALIGN__, __IMGWIDTH__ and __IMGHEIGHT__ as variables.
          
          Default values are :
                  
                  __IMGSRC__ : IMAGES_DIR/first image in directory. Accessed by IMAGES_DIR and IMAGES_LIST
                  
                  __IMGALIGN__ : CENTER. Accessed by IMG_ALIGN_TAG
                  
                  __IMGWIDTH__ : 4 * number of hits. Accessed by POINT_FOR_PIXEL
                  
                  __IMGHEIGHT__ : 9. Accessed by IMG_HEIGHT_TAG
                  
                  You can access to thoses variables by followings parameters and use them as variables in your own <IMG> tag.
          
          PIXELS_FOR_POINT : specify the number of pixels you want for a point in statistics. Default is 4 pixels. For example, if you have 10 hits on a page, the image wich represent this value may have 40 pixels long.

  WARNING : all *_TAG options accept a string as HTML tag but ONLY THE OPENNING ONE !! Tags are closed by the module. Moreover, they all are optionnals.

• generateGDGraph :

   use the GD module to generate a graph (freshmeat like) of the statistics from the backup table.

• reIndexBackupTable :

   re-index the id_backup column of BACKUP_TABLE_NAME.

• getMaxFromBackup :

   get the maximum id of BACKUP_TABLE_NAME all columns included.

Heritage

WWW::Statistics heritate from DB::DBinterface so read this module manpage to having a description of his own methods and functions.

SEE ALSO

DB::DBinterface

AUTHOR

DUPUIS Arnaud, <a.dupuis@infinityperl.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004 by DUPUIS Arnaud

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.