How to make an Audit Trail / Activity Log using PHP

Question

Is there a template already out there for PHP/MySQL that tracks the activity of a user? I already have audit trail but it only gets the time of logged in/log out. Not the changes or activity he did on his/her login.

Answer 1

The best logging framework for php is log4php , since its from Apache itself. log4php has flexibility to choose the log storage (mysaql, text file or email)

However the basic idea of user activity tracking is this:

1. Define the 'actions' performed by your website users, in a database table (action)
2. Map actions performed by the users using one relational table (user_action)