Re: Website Hit counter and Logger

Here's an idea for testing purposes to determine why it's counting low, too.... Have your PHP script write to two files --- one that contains the number as it is now, and one that writes the number and a timestamp on a new line each time it's accessed. This way, you can scan down the list to see where the error occurs, and then cross-check it with your Apache logs at the time indicated by the timestamp. On 4/20/07, Amos Vryhof <avryhof@dairybusiness.com> wrote:

Thanks Daniel, I will switch that. Like I said, I copied it from someone's (obviously erroneous) example and didn't want to "mess it up"... I usually use variable++ for increments. Daniel Brown wrote: One not, Amos, is that instead of using $count += 1, you should just do $count++. That will automatically increment the number. On 4/20/07, Amos Vryhof <avryhof@dairybusiness.com> wrote:

I build websites for a lot of people, and many of them want statistics and hit counters for their websites. Since not all of them are on a dedicated or virtual host, I cobbled together a script that builds log files, and displays a graphical hit counter, and another script that runs Webalizer and goes to the report. My dilemma is that the hit counter portion of the script works at

first,

then at some point loses track, and displays a number that is way off from the actual number. I was originally using code that read the number from a text file,

added

1 to it, then wrote it back using file_get/put_contents. Since then I have changed to

        if (file_exists($logfile)) {
                $fp = fopen("$logfile", "r+");
                flock($fp, 1);
                $count = fgets($fp, 4096);
                $count += 1;
                fseek($fp,0);
                fputs($fp, $count);
                flock($fp, 3);
                fclose($fp);
        } else {
                echo "Can't find file, check '\$logfile'<BR>";
        }

which I found in an example somewhere (maybe on the example code page?) but that seems to lose track as well. The server is hosted by AIT, running Apache 1.3.34. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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