RE: [PHP] counting clicks
[snip]
Anyone got a script so I can count clicks on adverts. Doesn't have tosve
to
myqsl or anything just a text file will do.
[/snip]
?php
if(yes == $adClicked){
$adClickCountFile = fopen(countClick.txt, w);
$getCount = fgets($adClickCountFile, 4096);
$newCount = $getCount + 1;
fwrite($adClickCountFile, $newCount);
fclose($adClickCountFile);
}
?
YMMV
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RE: [PHP] counting clicks
On Wed, November 29, 2006 11:21 am, Jay Blanchard wrote:
[snip]
Anyone got a script so I can count clicks on adverts. Doesn't have
tosve
to
myqsl or anything just a text file will do.
[/snip]
?php
if(yes == $adClicked){
$adClickCountFile = fopen(countClick.txt, w);
$getCount = fgets($adClickCountFile, 4096);
$newCount = $getCount + 1;
fwrite($adClickCountFile, $newCount);
fclose($adClickCountFile);
}
?
This has a race condition where a busy server, or even a not-so-busy
one where 2 people happen to click at the same time, at least one of
them will be missed, at best.
There's also a distinct possiblity of the counter file getting
completely trashed, depending on the OS and its underlying atomicity
of fwrite().
And, finally, you'd need w+ in that fopen() to avoid wiping out the
old data to start with.
For this reason, and more, you're almost-for-sure better off keeping
track in a database which solves all the nasty race condition issues.
YMMV
YMMV
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RE: [PHP] counting clicks
[snip] This has a race condition where a busy server, or even a not-so-busy one where 2 people happen to click at the same time, at least one of them will be missed, at best. There's also a distinct possiblity of the counter file getting completely trashed, depending on the OS and its underlying atomicity of fwrite(). And, finally, you'd need w+ in that fopen() to avoid wiping out the old data to start with. For this reason, and more, you're almost-for-sure better off keeping track in a database which solves all the nasty race condition issues. [/snip] Exactly, YMMV -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] counting clicks
Ross wrote: Anyone got a script so I can count clicks on adverts. Doesn't have tosve to myqsl or anything just a text file will do. What about using mysql, but use a memory resident heap table, then every once in a while write this to a file or even better to a myisam table Ta Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
