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:ldivinag@csuhayward.edu] > 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 > ldivinag@csuhayward.edu > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net 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.