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# Member Logging

*Article Topics:* [*Members*](/getting-started/common-topics/members.md)

Member logging is a feature in [NATS](/additional-resources/common-terms.md#nats) that allows you to direct NATS to keep a record of all [member](/additional-resources/common-terms.md#member) logins when your member authentication and/or Member Area is on a different server than your NATS server. 

## Setup

To use this feature, send an HTTPS GET request from your server to the PHP script: *member\_loginlog.php* with your selected [site's ](/additional-resources/common-terms.md#site)[ID number](/using-nats/nats-admin-features/id-numbers.md) and the member's username. NATS will add a log entry in that particular member's login history.

For example, you can add the following code to a PHP script and then run it:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
$url="https://www.example.com/member_loginlog.php?username=$_SERVER[REMOTE_USER]&siteid=123&ip=$_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]";

@file($url);
```

{% endcode %}

These logs are a secure feature in NATS. As a result, the IP address of the server requesting information must be in the $ config \['SECURE\_IPS'] setting in the NATS configuration file (located in your \<nats\_directory>/includes/config.php).

For example:

```
$config['SECURE_IPS'] = Array('123.123.123.123', '234.234.234.234'); 
```

Simply replace "123.123.123.123" in the above example code with your server's IP address.

## Member Logging

Only after this feature is activated will the specified member's login history show up under the [Logins](/nats-admin/members/member-overview.md#login-log-tab) tab in the Members Admin.

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## Extra Features

If you are allowing members of one (1) site access to other NATS sites, you can specify multiple sites in the siteid parameter in the URL.&#x20;

If there are multiple siteids specified, NATS will use those siteids to find a member record match. NATS will then record the login to only one (1) Member record.&#x20;

Consider the following:

1\) Member A has a membership to site 5. You grant all members of sites 5, 64, and 2 access to each other. With the following URL, NATS will locate Member A and record the login.

\
2\) Member A has a membership to sites 5 and 64, as Member B. You grant all members of site 5, 64, and 2 access to each other. With the following URL, NATS will locate either Member A or Member B and record only one (1) login, depending on the first record returned from the database. So, it could be recorded on Member A or Member B, but not both.

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
$url="https://www.server.com/member_loginlog.php?username=$_SERVER[REMOTE_USER]&siteid=5,64,2&ip=$_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]";
```

{% endcode %}

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