NEWS
Update March 9th, 15
First version of S:E released!
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"Stats::Extract (or S:E for short) is a data extractor for servers using their website's and want to display some statistics created with PHP." or relatively is what you'd see in a new post depending on the outcome of this poll.
Let's get to that introductory phase where I explain what this actually is. If you're a mass server hoster for CS2D, you might have a website at it which includes forums etc. You'd also want your server statistics displayed directly there, right? For example you'd want to list the top hundred players or perhaps you've got an admin panel built for yourself and you'd like your server statistics to be displayed there and so on. Sounds neat, right?
S:E would be a PHP based library to conclude for these needs. You'd be able to extract statistical information directly with a few calls. It's to be Object Orientated, which would leave the easy parts to you while managing the complex algorithms.
Note that this is just a library, it does not have user interface, no design, nothing. It's just a few functions that you're going to need to call. To make the use of it you're required to have programming knowledge, especially in PHP.
As of now I haven't even started it yet but I've got a successful algorithm made by extracting the top thirty from serverstats.html, however S:E will be directly extracting from sys/stats.
Currently, the only thing I've planned out is that it'll provide you with user data, server data & perhaps graphs as well. Note that I don't know if the graphs part is going to work, yet, but in case it does it'll be a responsive JS Graph I'll be using as an example (values will be provided from the library, you can use your own graphs if you'd like).
Obviously, you'd have to be hosting the website along side your server on the same host to get the stuff. Haven't tested out if links between multiple hosts would work; That is your website would be hosted on another server and your servers on an other, P:E (on your website) would extract the required files as reading them directly from the given valid hyperlink paths.
And as time passes it'll be updated and maintained as well. (Ideas are welcomed!)
Yay or Nay?
Tl;dr Stats::Extract is a PHP library that can be used to extract useful server information if you're hosting a website along with your servers to display there.
F.A.Qs
Why do you want to make this?
I'm bored & of course exp++.
Features?
User data extraction
Server data extraction
Graph value extraction
Logs! (You'd want to know what went wrong when and where)
What you heed necessary
How long would this take to develop?
Depends, could take a month. Perhaps less, waaay less, more, waaay more. For all I know, it could take a few days. o.o
When will you start developing this?
When the "yay" is in my favor!
Why're you making a poll for it?
Because if I can make something useful, wouldn't it be better to share it with others that might find it useful? Plus. It'd be in a better format and all.
edited 4×, last 08.03.15 10:57:40 pm