Apache log anonymizer

scottreynen (Scott Reynen) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:15:48 GMT



/**

* Takes Apache log file at $log_path, hashes the client address, and 

* writes the file to $output_path. Useful for sharing log files without 

* compromising user privacy. Reads input line-by-line to handle very 

* large logs.

*

* @version 1.0

* @author Scott Reynen

* @copyright Scott Reynen 2006

* @link http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/logs.html#accesslog

*/



$log_path = '';

$output_path = '';



$file = fopen( $log_path , 'r' );

$output = fopen( $output_path , 'a' );



while ( ! feof( $file ) ) 

{



	$line = fgets( $file , 8192 );

	$space = strpos( $line , ' ' );

	$out_line = md5( substr( $line , 0 , $space ) );

	$out_line.= substr( $line , $space );

	fwrite( $output , $out_line );



} // while



fclose( $file );

fclose( $output );

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Apache log anonymizer