Microstats - load times, server loads, queries, uncached templates

This is a derivative of Erwin's microstats hack for vBulletin 3.5.0's plugin system. The main difference is that by default it shows the page generation time and query count to the public. Server loads and Uncached Queries are shown only to administrators.

I had sent this to Erwin so he could release if he wanted to but instead he told me that I had permission to release it; hence why I am releasing it.

This should work with vBulletin 3.5.0 RC 1 through vBulletin 3.6.1 and later.

Installation is very simple. Just import the plugin via vBulletin's "Download / Upload Plugins" page in the Plugin System in the Admin Control Panel and you're done.

I'll try to correct any bugs that you find. Let me know if you like this plugin and don't forget to click the install link if you install this.

Optional config.php Variables

$config['Microstats']['replacementvariable']

Setting this variable will make microstats place its data before any instance of whatever you set this variable to. Be careful with this as you might see microstats in mutiple places. My suggestion is to use a unique comment in the HTML source to prevent any issues.

E.g. $config['Microstats']['replacementvariable'] = '<!-- display microstats here -->';

$config['Microstats']['adminonly']

Setting this variable to anything will make microstats display itself only to administrators.

E.g. $config['Microstats']['adminonly'] = true;

Update History

Product File: Uploaded a product file that replaced the plugin file.
Version 1.2.1: Fixed a bug that broke optional config.php settings
Version 1.2.0: Added OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD support; added Replacement variable setting in config.php; added Display only to Administrators Setting in config.php; fixed bug affecting Linux/Unix servers that have exec('uptime') support and not /proc/loadavg support
Version 1.1.0: Added names of uncached templates, included a bugfix for people who don't have proc avaliable on their system and made the code look a little nicer as well
Version 1.0.1: Bugfix for Windows users, sanitized the code to make it look nicer
Version 1.0.0: Initial Release

[ManagerJosh]

Originally Posted by ShiningArcanine

I've thought about making a hack that microstatus would detect and display data from but I didn't want microstats to lose its simple installation instructions. Perhaps in the future I could post a seperate hack in the code modification forum and say that it requires this plugin as a frontend.

That's not a bad idea. Make it into an extension

[tema]

sorry for stupid question, but what it means when i see "Uncached templates: forumhome_forumbit_level3_post (3)". Is it bad? How to improve it?

[ShiningArcanine]

Originally Posted by tema

sorry for stupid question, but what it means when i see "Uncached templates: forumhome_forumbit_level3_post (3)". Is it bad? How to improve it?

That isn't really a good thing as an unnecessary query is being run every page view wasting server resources. Where are you seeing this and what version of vBulletin 3.5.0 are you running? There is a file you need to modify to enable caching but before I look into what file that is, I think it would be a better idea to ensure you're running the latest version of vBulletin.

[RapCapital]

Will this work for 3.0.7?

[Moparx]

Originally Posted by RapCapital

Will this work for 3.0.7?

note the forum you are in: 3.5.0 Plugins
there are a few versions for 3.0.x available though, just do a search

[Snake]

ShiningArcanine, is it possible to display the microstats underneath the vB copyright so it should look like this...

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.5.0
Copyright ?2000 - 2005, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Page generated in 0.43002 seconds with 12 queries [Server Loads: 0.71 0.55 : 0.54]

[Moparx]

Originally Posted by Snake

ShiningArcanine, is it possible to display the microstats underneath the vB copyright so it should look like this...

make sure you have the following in config.php:

PHP Code:

$config['Microstats']['replacementvariable'] = '<!-- display microstats here -->'; 


then add <!-- display microstats here --> at the very bottom of the footer template

[Snake]

Wow thank you.

[Karri]

I just installed this with the addition to the config file so that only admins will see it but all I get is

Page generated in 0.70241 seconds with 10 queries [Server Loads: 3.19 2.19 : 2.25]

and no info about uncached anything. Any suggestions?

[Moparx]

Originally Posted by Karri

I just installed this with the addition to the config file so that only admins will see it but all I get is

Page generated in 0.70241 seconds with 10 queries [Server Loads: 3.19 2.19 : 2.25]

and no info about uncached anything. Any suggestions?

you will only see a message regarding uncached templates if you have that problem.
you should be happy you dont see it