Re: figure out how many users are online?

I forgot to say that I update the time and date if the IP allready excists in the table when they access a page, in that way they will be "online" according to the database, untill the 10 min has passed. On 2000-12-16 23.05, "Magnus Hammar" <magnus@programmering.nu> wrote: >> is there a simple way to figure out how many users are logged onto my site? >> i dont care when they logged on, or for how long, i simply want to know how >> many ppl are on. i have mysql database running if that helps. >> >> thanks! > > I made this function myselfe on my site. > I simply logged their IP-addresses and then also saved the time and date + > 10 min or so when the user access a page. > > Then I select all IP-addresses that has been saved that is less than the > current date or later than the current time like: > > mysql($database,"select * from tUsersOnline where (date < '$totays_date' OR > date='$todays_date' AND time > '$time_now')"); > > In the same time I delete the "old" data that isn't interesting anymore. > > I hope this will give you an idea of how to do this :-) MVH /Magnus Hammar