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]

Ste wrote:

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,
No, absolutely impossible!
or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
program locally?
If you do that, don't forget the

<noscript>...</noscript>

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

You can't.

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Regarding this well-known quote, often attributed to Ste's famous "10 May
2004 06:22:42 -0700" speech:

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

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

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On 10 May 2004 06:22:42 -0700, ka***********@katamail.com (Ste) wrote:

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,
Clearly not...
or shall i use JavaScript and make the client run the
program locally?
You would have to.
And, if i can use php to do that, how can i implement
a feature logging keystrokes on the client system?

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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