RE: [PHP-DB] Access counter
Another idea of mine: You could start sessions and register a variable... and everytime a new user wants to request a page you can find out whether its a new user or not if you check the variable ... If it is new, then do the stuff below ... elso don´t ... Cheers, Marcel -Original Message- From: leo g. divinagracia iii [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 06:25 Cc: PHP-DB Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Access counter in a simple way, yes. if you really want unique users, you can setup a table and insert the IP addresses in their and query it everytime. the PHP variable that keeps track of the user'a IP address can also be checked by storing it in a variable and re-checked each time the page is loaded. Shahmat Dahlan wrote: If I do the below, like you stated, that means the counter will update everytime a visitor refreshes the content. Would it be possible for the counter script not to increase the value by 1 when a visitor merely refreshes. Is it possible to let the script increase the value by only by one, only if the the visitor for a new content (by clearing the cache, e.g.). Thanks you replying.. leo g. divinagracia iii wrote: in pseudo-code: make a text file - associate it a URL when a user comes along, have a PHP script on top of the web page to 1. open the text file 2. counter = counter +1 3. write update 3.5 print number of hits somewhere on webpage 4. close file... Shahmat Dahlan wrote: I'd like to do a counter with PHP, how do you do this? I thought maybe I could either use cookie or session or session? Which should I use ? -- Leo G. Divinagracia III [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to read our e-mail disclaimer statement and monitoring policy, please refer to http://www.drkw.com/disc/email/ or contact the sender. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP-DB] Access counter
I'd like to do a counter with PHP, how do you do this? I thought maybe I could either use cookie or session or session? Which should I use ? regards and thanks is adnved -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Access counter
in pseudo-code: make a text file - associate it a URL when a user comes along, have a PHP script on top of the web page to 1. open the text file 2. counter = counter +1 3. write update 3.5 print number of hits somewhere on webpage 4. close file... Shahmat Dahlan wrote: I'd like to do a counter with PHP, how do you do this? I thought maybe I could either use cookie or session or session? Which should I use ? regards and thanks is adnved -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leo G. Divinagracia III [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Access counter
If I do the below, like you stated, that means the counter will update everytime a visitor refreshes the content. Would it be possible for the counter script not to increase the value by 1 when a visitor merely refreshes. Is it possible to let the script increase the value by only by one, only if the the visitor for a new content (by clearing the cache, e.g.). Thanks you replying.. leo g. divinagracia iii wrote: in pseudo-code: make a text file - associate it a URL when a user comes along, have a PHP script on top of the web page to 1. open the text file 2. counter = counter +1 3. write update 3.5 print number of hits somewhere on webpage 4. close file... Shahmat Dahlan wrote: I'd like to do a counter with PHP, how do you do this? I thought maybe I could either use cookie or session or session? Which should I use ? regards and thanks is adnved -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leo G. Divinagracia III [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
