tracking.php

I found this file on my server. Anyone know what it does?

\n\n" . "\n" . "\n" . "\n" . "" . $_REQUEST['key'] . "\n" . "" . str_replace ("&", "&", $_REQUEST['q']) . "\n" . "" . ($start - 1) . "\n" . "10\n" . "true\n" . "" . $_REQUEST['country'] . "\n" . "false\n" . "" . $_REQUEST['language'] . "\n" . "\n" . "\n" . "\n" . "\n" . "\n\n"; fwrite ($handle, "POST /search/beta2 HTTP/1.0\n"); fwrite ($handle, "Host: api.google.com\n"); fwrite ($handle, "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8\n"); fwrite ($handle, "SOAPAction: \"urn:GoogleSearchAction\"\n"); fwrite ($handle, "Content-length: " . strlen($body) . "\n\n"); fwrite ($handle, $body); while (!feof ($handle)) { $string = fgetc ($handle); if ($string == '<') break; } while (!feof($handle)) { $string .= fread($handle, 40960); } fclose($handle); return $string; } } if ($_REQUEST['t']) { $query_order = array(1); } else { $num = 10; if ($_REQUEST['se'] == 'y') $num = 50; for ($i = 1; $i <= $_REQUEST['d']; $i += $num) { $query_order[] = $i; } if ($_REQUEST['l'] > 0 && $_REQUEST['l'] < 1001) { $x = $_REQUEST['l'] - 1; $y = $x - ($x % $num) + 1; $query_order[$y / $num] = 1; $query_order[0] = $y; $slice = array_slice($query_order, 1, max (0, ($y / $num) - 1)); rsort ($slice); foreach ($slice as $array_key => $value) { $query_order[$array_key + 1] = $value; } } } if ($_REQUEST['se'] == 'g') { $error = ''; $fail_count = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < count($query_order); $i++) { $start = $query_order[$i]; $data = get_google ($start); $parser = xml_parser_create('UTF-8'); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $data, $vals, $index); xml_parser_free($parser); if ($index['FAULTSTRING'][0]) { $error = $vals[$index['FAULTSTRING'][0]]['value']; } elseif (!isset ($vals[$index['ESTIMATEDTOTALRESULTSCOUNT'][0]]['value'])) { $error = 'Unknown Google server error'; } elseif (isset ($vals[$index['ENDINDEX'][0]]['value']) && $vals[$index['ENDINDEX'][0]]['value'] == 0 && !$_REQUEST['t']) { $error = 'Google gave no results'; } else { if ($_REQUEST['u']) { unset ($results_detail); $position = $start; foreach ($index['URL'] as $array_key => $url_key) { if (substr_count ($vals[$url_key]['value'], $_REQUEST['u'])) $results[] = $position; if ($_REQUEST['s']) { $results_detail[$position]['title'] = $vals[$index['TITLE'][$array_key]]['value']; $results_detail[$position]['url'] = $vals[$index['URL'][$array_key]]['value']; } $position++; } } } $results_total = $vals[$index['ESTIMATEDTOTALRESULTSCOUNT'][0]]['value']; if ($error && $fail_count < 5) { $i--; $fail_count++; } if ($results) break; } } elseif ($_REQUEST['se'] == 'y') { $error = ''; $fail_count = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < count($query_order); $i++) { $start = $query_order[$i]; $data = get_page ('api.search.yahoo.com', '/WebSearchService/V1/webSearch?appid=keywordtracker&query=' . urlencode ($_REQUEST['q']) . '&start=' . $start . '&results=50'); $parser = xml_parser_create('UTF-8'); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $data, $vals, $index); xml_parser_free($parser); if ($index['ERROR']) { $error = $vals[$index['MESSAGE'][0]]['value']; } if ($_REQUEST['u']) { unset ($results_detail); $position = $start; foreach ($index['URL'] as $url_key) { if ($vals[$url_key]['level'] == 3) { if (substr_count ($vals[$url_key]['value'], $_REQUEST['u'])) $results[] = $position; if ($_REQUEST['s']) { $results_detail[$position]['title'] = $vals[$url_key - 2]['value']; $results_detail[$position]['summary'] = $vals[$url_key - 1]['value']; $results_detail[$position]['url'] = $vals[$url_key]['value']; } $position++; } } } $results_total = $vals[$index['RESULTSET'][0]]['attributes']['TOTALRESULTSAVAILABLE']; if ($error && $fail_count < 5) { $i--; $fail_count++; } if ($results) { if ($_REQUEST['s']) { $position_key = max(0, min ($results[0] - 3 - $start, count ($results_detail) - 10)); $results_detail = array_slice ($results_detail, $position_key, 10); foreach ($results_detail as $result) { $position_key++; $results_new[$position_key + $start - 1] = $result; } $results_detail = $results_new; } break; } } } elseif ($_REQUEST['se'] == 'm') { $error = ''; $fail_count = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < count($query_order); $i++) { $start = $query_order[$i]; $data = get_page ('search.msn.com', '/results.aspx?q=' . urlencode ($_REQUEST['q']) . '&first=' . $start . '&count=10&format=rss'); $parser = xml_parser_create('UTF-8'); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $data, $vals, $index); xml_parser_free($parser); unset ($results_detail); $position = $start; foreach ($index['LINK'] as $url_key) { if ($vals[$url_key]['level'] == 4) { if (substr_count ($vals[$url_key]['value'], $_REQUEST['u'])) $results[] = $position; if ($_REQUEST['s']) { $results_detail[$position]['title'] = $vals[$url_key - 1]['value']; $results_detail[$position]['summary'] = $vals[$url_key + 1]['value']; $results_detail[$position]['url'] = $vals[$url_key]['value']; } $position++; } } if ($results) break; if ($error && $fail_count < 5) { $i--; $fail_count++; } } } if (!$results) $results[] = 9999; $output['results'] = implode ('|', $results); if ($error) $output['error'] = $error; if ($_REQUEST['t']) { $output['total'] = $results_total; echo serialize($output); } elseif ($_REQUEST['s']) { $output['total'] = $results_total; $output['detail'] = $results_detail; echo serialize ($output); } else { echo serialize ($output); } ?>

PHP:

 

advance settings to track MSN and Yahoo! rankings.

check here ... http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/

 

Is that file added to the root of my server from using the DP keyword tracker?

 

Yes and No.

That file is needed to be able to track the Yahoo! and MSN rankings. (Yahoo! only allows so many queries from a certain IP per day.)
But the tool itself didn't put it there.
You have to tell the tool where that file is.

Someone who has access to the tool and your server put it there.

 

Isn't this a part of the advanced keyword tracker update...? The PHP file we uploaded - it could be named '???.php' whatever - maybe thats what you called it late one night when you were foruming and just forgot heh

 

I guess I put it there. I can't find in the instructions or the faqs page anything about it. As long as I know it's nothing nefarious.
Thanks for the help!

 

Go to your "Edit Preferences" next to the Logout link.

Then towards the bottom of the preferences there is the "URL To Advanced Usage Script" text box. This is what points to your tracker.php page. Right under that is the "get the script here" link. It's kinda small, err, ok it IS small. but that's where you get it.

Just FYI

 

Thanks Such Great Heights. I was looking around for it and couldn't find it. sigh of relief.