Article Discussion: patSysinfo PHP Class with Linux

Linux file structure contains within it a special area called /proc. Now, some believe that there's black magic in that directory. For those who know better than to fear the /proc, there awaits much good magic, in the form of server info. Looking for a way to retrieve real-time server information and display it to users in your Web application? Today's your lucky day! Take a look at the patSysinfo PHP class, which lets you do that and a whole lot more.


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Thanxx for the great tutorial!

Verry nice to read, and also understandable. I do not use linux but could not stop reading. One word GREAT!

Cya
Bjorn

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Cya
Bjorn

Could come in handy for an admin panel im doing at the minute cheers

Has anyone tried this with a 2.6 kernel? I'm not sure, but mine does not seem to like parts of the script as described in this article. Specifically, the PCI, IDE, and memory sections. Here's my page: http://www.tuxinator.ca/realtimestats.php
I'm sure that it's not my code because it was working fine with a 2.4 kernel, then I upgraded to a 2.6.