Php keystroke analysis client-side

[Ste]

Hello,
my goal would be implementing some keystroke analysis using php. I'm a
novice in php, so i ask your advice: according to you, is it possible
to log each keystroke client-side even if php is a server-side
language, or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
program locally? And, if i can use php to do that, how can i implement
a feature logging keystrokes on the client system?

Thanks,

Stefano

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Php keystroke analysis client-side

Ste wrote:[color=blue]
> my goal would be implementing some keystroke analysis using php. I'm a
> novice in php, so i ask your advice: according to you, is it possible
> to log each keystroke client-side even if php is a server-side
> language,[/color]

No, absolutely impossible!
[color=blue]
> or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
> program locally?[/color]

If you do that, don't forget the

<noscript>... </noscript>

tags, if that is somehow necessary for navigating your site.
[color=blue]
> And, if i can use php to do that, how can i implement
> a feature logging keystrokes on the client system?[/color]

You can't.

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[FLEB]

Re: Php keystroke analysis client-side

Regarding this well-known quote, often attributed to Ste's famous "10 May
2004 06:22:42 -0700" speech:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
> my goal would be implementing some keystroke analysis using php. I'm a
> novice in php, so i ask your advice: according to you, is it possible
> to log each keystroke client-side even if php is a server-side
> language, or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
> program locally? And, if i can use php to do that, how can i implement
> a feature logging keystrokes on the client system?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stefano[/color]

You'd probably be best off with a Java applet. Maybe Flash, even.

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[Andy Hassall]

Re: Php keystroke analysis client-side

On 10 May 2004 06:22:42 -0700, kabor.bugtraq@k atamail.com (Ste) wrote:
[color=blue]
>my goal would be implementing some keystroke analysis using php. I'm a
>novice in php, so i ask your advice: according to you, is it possible
>to log each keystroke client-side even if php is a server-side
>language,[/color]

Clearly not...
[color=blue]
> or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
>program locally?[/color]

You would have to.
[color=blue]
>And, if i can use php to do that, how can i implement
>a feature logging keystrokes on the client system?[/color]

Using the onkeypress intrinsic event? (HTML4.0.1 sec. 18.2.3). What's this for
anyway; a typing speed counter, or something more insidious?

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