8.27. Program: Abusive User Checker
Shared memory’s speed makes
it an ideal way to store data different web server processes need to
access frequently when a file or database would be too slow. Example 8-7 shows the
pc_Web_Abuse_Check class, which uses shared memory
to track accesses to web pages in order to cut off users that abuse a
site by bombarding it with requests.
Example 8-7. pc_Web_Abuse_Check class
class pc_Web_Abuse_Check { var $sem_key; var $shm_key; var $shm_size; var $recalc_seconds; var $pageview_threshold; var $sem; var $shm; var $data; var $exclude; var $block_message; function pc_Web_Abuse_Check() { $this->sem_key = 5000; $this->shm_key = 5001; $this->shm_size = 16000; $this->recalc_seconds = 60; $this->pageview_threshold = 30; $this->exclude['/ok-to-bombard.html'] = 1; $this->block_message =<<<END <html> <head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head> <body> <h1>Forbidden</h1> You have been blocked from retrieving pages from this site due to abusive repetitive activity from your account. If you believe this is an error, please contact <a href="mailto:webmaster@example.com?subject=Site+Abuse">webmaster@example.com</a>. </body> </html> END; } function get_lock() { $this->sem = sem_get($this->sem_key,1,0600); if (sem_acquire($this->sem)) { $this->shm = shm_attach($this->shm_key,$this->shm_size,0600); $this->data = shm_get_var($this->shm,'data'); } else { error_log("Can't acquire semaphore $this->sem_key"); } } function release_lock() { if (isset($this->data)) { shm_put_var($this->shm,'data',$this->data); ...Get PHP Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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