Re: is there a way to track downloads

Hello, My fault, I didn't state that i was a complete Newbie to PHP. I am looking at scripts and realize that I need to use a database for this, etc... so I am just gonna forget the whole thing. Thanks anyways Kevin J "Duncan Hill" <dhill@cricalix.net> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0206231222230.7055-100000@bajan.cricalix.net... > On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Kevin J wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > I would like to place some files on my site and use PHP to track how many > > users have downloaded those files. > > > > Is this possible? > > Approach the problem logically: > > 1) You have a series of files that you want people to download. > 2) You want to track which files are downloaded. > 3) You don't want people accessing the files directly. > > So, a file called download.php. > Accepts a parameter - the file name to make available. > Logs an entry of IP and file (and whatever else) to a file / database / > whatever. > Makes the file available to the user - but the path is hidden / created on > the fly so that a particular file cannot be pulled without going through the > script. > > The actual code is left as an excercise for the reader. >