Instead of storing the data in tables we have stored them in log files in server. I want to create reports on these data. I thought of connecting to the server and getting those files parse them and run the queries on them but my manager asked me to write script on the server which does the query calculation and return the data set back.
How can I accomplish this. I am new to writing scripts on a server. Can I write PHP script on the server? Can someone please explain how to accomplish the above task?