You might also want to setup the table your updating the hits in as a HASH type table which runs completely in RAM, and as a result is extremely fast. The only obvious downside, is the data (or hits in this case) are lost on reboot.
Adam Voigt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:41:39 -0700, Jim Lucas [php] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as long as you are only inserting information into the mysql db on each page > load, then you shouldn't have a problem. make sure you keep you indecies > down to a minimum. > > Jim Lucas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "php-general-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:57 PM > Subject: [PHP] counter for HIGH traffic site > > > > I'm needing counter for site that receives 60 to 80 hits a minute. Many I > > have tried cause excessive server load and need to be deactivated or they > > lose data and return to zero without warning. All tried so far have been > > written in Perl. > > > > Anyone here know of a PHP counter that would handle HIGH traffic with > little > > added server load? Would using MySQL to store count be of any benifit? > > > > Thanks > > > > Craig ><> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
