Bot Analytics With PHP

A PHP-based application for detecting and logging bot activity on your website. This project utilizes CrawlerDetect to differentiate between human users and crawlers, storing relevant data in a MySQL database.

Features

• Detects various web crawlers and bots using the CrawlerDetect library.
• Logs bot activity with relevant details such as IP address, user agent, domain name, full path, and check value.
• Sends email notifications to the admin when a bot is detected.
• Stores data in a MySQL database for easy retrieval and analysis.

Prerequisites

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• MySQL
• Composer (for installing dependencies)
• A web server (Apache/Nginx) configured to run PHP

Installation

1. Install dependencies

Make sure you have Composer installed, then run:

composer install

• install CrawlerDetect

You need to install the CrawlerDetect library using Composer:

composer require jaybizzle/crawler-detect

2. Set up the database

Create a MySQL database and run the SQL commands. Look in the info.txt file to create the necessary tables

3. Configure the project

Update the config/config.php file with your database connection details and admin email address.

4. Set up your web server

Make sure your web server is configured to serve the public directory. You may need to adjust the document root settings.

6. Access the application

Open your web browser and navigate to your server's URL followed by /stat.php to start monitoring bot activity.

Additional steps:

You can test your project by running the server:

php -S localhost:8000 -t public

Usage

Once set up, the application will automatically log bot visits to the bot_data table in the database and send email notifications when a bot is detected.

Logging

Logs are stored in the logs/bot-analytics.log file. You can check this file for any errors or additional information about the bot detections.

Acknowledgments

CrawlerDetect The web used library for this project.