Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:49 PM, David Robley wrote: > Misunderstanding what $cookie contains? It is a boolean, i.e. it will be > true or false depending on whether the cookie was set or not. To echo the > contents of a cookie, you need to use the cookie name, viz > > "; ?> You're right - I didn't really understand cookies. However, with everyone's help here, and by searching the web, I got it to work. Thank you to Tommy, Ash, and David! Angela -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Ashley Sheridan
wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 10:19 +1030, David Robley wrote:
>
>> Angela Barone wrote:
>>
>> > On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>> >> You can manually write a cookie on your machine, or use a special script
>> >> that only you visit that contains a setcookie() call (it only need be set
>> >> once). From there on, you can check the $_COOKIES super global for the
>> >> presence of your cookie.
>> >
>> > I don't know why, but I can't get cookies to work. Here's a script I'm
>> > calling from my browser:
>> >
>> > > > $domain = ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] != 'localhost') ?
>> > $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] : false;
>> > $cookie = setcookie('test2', '123' , time()+60*60*24*30, '/', $domain);
>> > ?>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Test Page
>> >
>> >
>> > "; ?>
>> > "; ?>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The domain is being displayed but the cookie is not. There's no cookie in
>> > the browser prefs, either. What am I doing wrong?
>> >
>> > Angela
>>
>> Misunderstanding what $cookie contains? It is a boolean, i.e. it will be
>> true or false depending on whether the cookie was set or not. To echo the
>> contents of a cookie, you need to use the cookie name, viz
>>
>> "; ?>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> David Robley
>>
>> Oxymoron: Sisterly Love.
>>
>>
>
>
> Not just that, but if you set a cookie, you won't be able to retrieve it
> in the same script I believe. It's only available in the $_COOKIES array
> once you refresh the page, as that's when the super global is populated
> from the cookie data that the browser sends.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
Same script *invocation*. The cookie gets set when the response is
sent back to the client. If the client calls the same script again,
that cookie then uploaded. :)
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Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 10:19 +1030, David Robley wrote:
> Angela Barone wrote:
>
> > On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> >> You can manually write a cookie on your machine, or use a special script
> >> that only you visit that contains a setcookie() call (it only need be set
> >> once). From there on, you can check the $_COOKIES super global for the
> >> presence of your cookie.
> >
> > I don't know why, but I can't get cookies to work. Here's a script I'm
> > calling from my browser:
> >
> > > $domain = ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] != 'localhost') ?
> > $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] : false;
> > $cookie = setcookie('test2', '123' , time()+60*60*24*30, '/', $domain);
> > ?>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Test Page
> >
> >
> > "; ?>
> > "; ?>
> >
> >
> >
> > The domain is being displayed but the cookie is not. There's no cookie in
> > the browser prefs, either. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Angela
>
> Misunderstanding what $cookie contains? It is a boolean, i.e. it will be
> true or false depending on whether the cookie was set or not. To echo the
> contents of a cookie, you need to use the cookie name, viz
>
> "; ?>
>
> --
> Cheers
> David Robley
>
> Oxymoron: Sisterly Love.
>
>
Not just that, but if you set a cookie, you won't be able to retrieve it
in the same script I believe. It's only available in the $_COOKIES array
once you refresh the page, as that's when the super global is populated
from the cookie data that the browser sends.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
Angela Barone wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>> You can manually write a cookie on your machine, or use a special script
>> that only you visit that contains a setcookie() call (it only need be set
>> once). From there on, you can check the $_COOKIES super global for the
>> presence of your cookie.
>
> I don't know why, but I can't get cookies to work. Here's a script I'm
> calling from my browser:
>
> $domain = ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] != 'localhost') ?
> $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] : false;
> $cookie = setcookie('test2', '123' , time()+60*60*24*30, '/', $domain);
> ?>
>
>
>
>
>
> Test Page
>
>
> "; ?>
> "; ?>
>
>
>
> The domain is being displayed but the cookie is not. There's no cookie in
> the browser prefs, either. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Angela
Misunderstanding what $cookie contains? It is a boolean, i.e. it will be
true or false depending on whether the cookie was set or not. To echo the
contents of a cookie, you need to use the cookie name, viz
"; ?>
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Cheers
David Robley
Oxymoron: Sisterly Love.
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Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > You can manually write a cookie on your machine, or use a special script that > only you visit that contains a setcookie() call (it only need be set once). > From there on, you can check the $_COOKIES super global for the presence of > your cookie. I don't know why, but I can't get cookies to work. Here's a script I'm calling from my browser: Test Page "; ?> "; ?> The domain is being displayed but the cookie is not. There's no cookie in the browser prefs, either. What am I doing wrong? Angela -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 10:15 -0800, Angela Barone wrote: > On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > set a cookie with a long life and check for that, discounting visits when > > either are true > > Hi Ash, > > I don't know anything about cookies. It sounds complicated to me. Is > there a simple way to set one? > > Thanks, > Angela You can manually write a cookie on your machine, or use a special script that only you visit that contains a setcookie() call (it only need be set once). From there on, you can check the $_COOKIES super global for the presence of your cookie. To test, visit the site with a different browser (browsers won't share the cookies) and you'll see the visit logged. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > set a cookie with a long life and check for that, discounting visits when > either are true Hi Ash, I don't know anything about cookies. It sounds complicated to me. Is there a simple way to set one? Thanks, Angela -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Tommy Pham wrote: > What about ignoring $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] or $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'] > where that matches your public IP or FQDN? Hi Tommy, I am checking for $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] but how would I check that against mine? I don't have a static IP. Thanks, Angela -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
Angela Barone wrote: >Hello, > > I have a script that counts hits to all the pages in my site and >emails me a report nightly. However, it also counts my visits to my >site, and when I'm coding, I'm hitting a lot of my pages, repeatedly. >I'd like to find a way to not count my page visits. > > At first, I thought about adding a parameter to each URL and parsing >that in the script, but that would get old real fast, and also, I may >forget to add it each time. Is there a way to tell the script to >ignore my visits? > >Thank you, >Angela >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php You could do it by checking for your ip address if you have a fixed one, or set a cookie with a long life and check for that, discounting visits when either are true Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not counting my own page visits
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Angela Barone wrote: > Hello, > > I have a script that counts hits to all the pages in my site and > emails me a report nightly. However, it also counts my visits to my site, > and when I'm coding, I'm hitting a lot of my pages, repeatedly. I'd like to > find a way to not count my page visits. > > At first, I thought about adding a parameter to each URL and parsing > that in the script, but that would get old real fast, and also, I may forget > to add it each time. Is there a way to tell the script to ignore my visits? > > Thank you, > Angela What about ignoring $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] or $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'] where that matches your public IP or FQDN? http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
