Twatch include in WP

  • Hy there again… one more problem. I’m trying to include an external php file to all wp pages. It’s an statistic script – TraceWatch – i say it’s the best free one.

    My problem sounds like this: i’m inserting the include command:

    <?php @include_once $GLOBALS[‘HTTP_SERVER_VARS’][‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’].’/twatch_include/logger.php’; ?>

    … in all my template files, but nothing is changing in the statistics. If i’m using an external page from wp script – works fine.

    Is there an another way i can include this code to all my WP pages… ?

    Tnq…

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  • I know as much php as you can write on the back of a stamp with a marker pen, but I’d guess that the Globals is killing it ?
    Why not just use an absolute URL ?

    prjctfish

    (@prjctfish)

    I am also interested in using twatch on my WP blog; I use it on my site https://www.simonmetz.com and love it. So one could one change the variable to

    <?php @include_once
    https://www.sitename.com/twatch ?> and the relative position.

    Thanks,

    –S

    prjctfish

    (@prjctfish)

    I got it to work-

    placed this code in the footer.php of the theme dir
    <!– WORKS–>
    <?php @include_once $GLOBALS[‘HTTP_SERVER_VARS’][‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’].’/twatch_include/logger.php’; ?>

    </body>
    </html>

    I tried the way you did it but no luck here. If I put the code into footer.php the page doesn’t fully load, sometimes it reloads. And the footer text doesn’t load at all.

    Most likely it’s about that $GLOBALS thing. I don’t know php but isn’t that thing called before? or turned off? or whatever?

    PLEASE HELP!

    Thanks to Terry from Superaff.com I solved the problem. See last comments in this blog entry.

    So if you want TraceWatch to work with your WordPress blog then put ther proper twatch php include in index.php which is in your blog’s root directory (*not* the one in theme dir).

    Ok – I’m just not getting this. I’ve tried placing the code in the <WP directory>/index.php file on the first line. No luck. I tried placing it everywhere – in the theme/header.php file in the theme/footer.php file. What am I missing? Can you post exactly what code you are using successfully and what file to place it in. I’ve tried the javascript version as well and didn’t have any luck with that either. THe interesting thing is – I made a dummy blank php page, put the reference code in there and then browsed to it – that worked fine. I just can’t figure out how to include it in my WP files. Please help. Thank you.

    I had been having problems with getting twatch to work in WP as well, the only way I’ve managed to make it work is putting the code in the WP index.php and the blog-header.php. I know, very odd, it has to be in both files or it doesn’t work at all.

    Any ideas as to what would make it only work with having the code in both files? I’m using the exact same twatch code as I’ve used on everything else, so I know it works, it’s just this quirky thing with WP.

    Cheers,
    Michael.

    Still having problems!!! Can anyone help? This is where I’m placing the code. Am I placing it in the right place? Am I using the right include code? Is anyone aware of plugins, settings or anything that may be conflicting? Please let me know what works for you.

    WP index file: ‘WP dir’/index.php
    <?php
    /* Twatch */
    @include_once $GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/twatch_include/logger.php';
    /* Short and sweet */
    define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
    require('./wp-blog-header.php');
    ?>

    Header file: ‘WP dir’/wp-content/themes/‘theme dir’/header.php
    ...
    <body>
    <?php /* Twatch */
    @include_once $GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/twatch_include/logger.php';
    ?>
    ...

    I wasn’t clear in my post, I put the code in the WP-dir/index.php and the WP-dir/wp-blog-header.php files and that’s the only way it works for me, is if the code is in both.

    The include codes that you have looks fine to me. If anyone figures this having to put it in 2 files thing out, please let me know.

    Cheers,
    Michael

    Michael,

    Thank you for your help. I tried placing it in both files – still with no luck. I’m at my wits end on this one – I’m not sure what else to try. I’m running WP 2.0.1 and TraceWatch V0.234.

    Is there any way you can paste your code placement that you have setup – I just want to make sure I’m not doing something wrong. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

    I’m using the exact same versions of both as you are. I have this after the WordPress stuff in the root index.php file:

    <?php
    $GLOBALS['adl_alt_docroot']=$GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/tw';
    $GLOBALS['adl_count_params']=true;
    @include_once $GLOBALS['adl_alt_docroot'].'/twatch_include/logger.php';
    ?>

    And I have the exact same code in the wp-blog-header.php file. My tracewatch is in a tw sub-directory.

    For the life of me, I can’t figure out why I have to have it in both files. I’ve tried everything I could imagine and this is the only way it works! I’m going to give it some more thought this weekend and try to figure it out. If I manage to get it working properly, I’ll try and do up a plugin for it. Let me know if you make any progress on your end!

    Cheers,
    Michael.

    Ok Michael,

    Thank you … I think I’m getting closer. ?? I haven’t gotten it working on my WP directory yet but I think I know what the culprit is. I have my WP directory set up as a subdomain eg. df.davefink.com – I believe this to be the problem. I tried playing around with the code on a blank (non-WP) page. When I browse to it as df.davefink.com/test.php – it doesn’t track – however when I go to davefink.com/df/test.php – it does.

    I’m guessing that it has something to do with the “Local root folder” setting. I’ve been trying to setup the “absolute file system path” setting using this https://www.tracewatch.com/doc/code.php but I can’t get it to work. Not even when I browse to davefink.com/df/test.php. I’m wondering if I have my path wrong, should I use an absolute path https://davefink.com/stats or the server path /home/[user]/public_html/stats. I haven’t had luck either way and I couldn’t find any further documentation.

    My last resort is to set up WP in the root public_html folder – I’ve just been trying to avoid this b/c I like to keep my directory clean and I have other sites. Anyway I’m givin this one my all before I do that. If you have any suggestions or ideas let me know. Thanks again for all your help. I appreciate it.

    Dave

    OK OK – Progress is good:

    I got the absolute path working – now it tracks both df.davefink.com and davefink.com/df – woo whoo!!! It turns out that code generator strips the first “/” when creating the path – not good. So instad of /home/public… it was home/public… This is why I couldn’t get it to work. Alas … one problem down.

    Now back to WP. Ugh!!! So I have the correct include code, but I still can’t get it to work – in fact when I placed it in the index.php file and the wp-blog-header.php file – it broke my site – noting would show up. ?? Damn it – I thought I had it, ah well. I’m still chuggin’ – got any suggestions let me know.
    Thanks,
    Dave

    OK – well I give up for now. I just can’t seem to get the PHP version working. It doesnt matter where I place it – everytime it destroys my page from fully loading. I think it has something to do with the $GLOBALS call – but I really have no idea. ??

    Sadly … I’m just going to use the JS version and place it in my theme/footer.php file – that seems to work.

    If anyone finds a solution working with WP 2.01 – please post. I know I can’t be the onlyone.

    Thanks,
    Dave

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