Page Parse Time Log

[mauryg]

I am trying to check the parse time when my customers access the site pages. I turned on the "display parse time" and "store parse time data" options in admin and the log file is present in a temp folder. But it only seems to log parse times for ADMIN pages and NOT for the STORE pages. Any ideas??

[kobra]

Parse times indicate the server speed to prepare the page and have nothing to do with your customers, their browser or connection. Only the time it takes your server to assemble your page ready to send.

So the logging is really not beneficial as you can record 10 or so page parses at intervals in a day and this will be the same as for your customers

[mauryg]

I see your point, but on the other hand, the time it takes the server to assemble the page will depend on the complexity of the page and the number of SQL queries it has to make and this can vary between pages.
It would be nice if we could really measure what kind of response times our viewers are seeing but that would have too many variables which we can't control.
But I still find it odd that the parse log records ONLY admin pages.

[DrByte]

The parse log for the storefront is handled by the footer module code, so if your customized code has altered or bypassed that, you won't get the logging.

[mauryg]

The parse log for the storefront is handled by the footer module code, so if your customized code has altered or bypassed that, you won't get the logging.

That's what I really don't understand. I am using the Google Analytics mod from Andrew and I thought it might interfere so I went back and checked the code. The Google code is called at the end of tpl_main_page.php, not tpl_footer.php.
The parse time, etc (including the write to log file) is supplied by modules/footer.php. OK This is 'required' in mytemplate/common/tpl_footer.php. The tpl_footer code ALSO displays a banner ad, the IP address and the copyright notice. ALL of these things including the parse time are shown ON THE PAGE. But the parse time from the admin pages is being stored in the log file and the parse time from the store pages is NOT.

What am I missing?

[DrByte]

Well, the code that "does" it is functionally identical in the storefront and the admin, and it's nothing extra special in the code:

if (STORE_PAGE_PARSE_TIME == 'true') {
  error_log(strftime(STORE_PARSE_DATE_TIME_FORMAT) . ' - ' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . ' (' . $parse_time . 's)' . "\n", 3, STORE_PAGE_PARSE_TIME_LOG);
}

So, if one isn't doing it, then it's probably not getting called, due to an override or something. Most often any failure with logging is due to a permissions problem, but if the admin can write fine then permissions is not likely the issue. Thus it suggests that you have an override of the footer module that doesn't have that code in it.

What do you have configured for the Parse Time Log filename in your admin? Is it an absolute path name or is it a relative path, meaning the logging is being done to different destinations based on admin vs storefront?

[mauryg]

What do you have configured for the Parse Time Log filename in your admin? Is it an absolute path name or is it a relative path, meaning the logging is being done to different destinations based on admin vs storefront?

that was it...I was using a path relative to the admin folder. I changed it to an absolute path and it works

Thank you