Re: How to know how long a person stay

Hey! don't blame me.... I am just a newbie trying to help. ...and let me point out that i said "I do not believe that this is possible, not as you would it to work anyway." - Where is the text saying that it *can't* be done? PHP still amazes me after one year. I'm on your side - "Anything is possible" Gerald Davis wrote: > NEVER SAY it is impossible. Anything is possible > > Michel the question is do you want to do the work needed? > > 1) setup a simple static "testbed" website. With index.html and 4-5 > page1-5.html > 2) setup the site to use the built in sessions feature of php4. If you > don't know what this is stop, and read manual or a good boook on php > 3) don't call the pages directly. Create a script that is passed the page > you need as a variable. > i.e pages.php?p=index.html would grab the index.html page. > a) Have the script record the page, the "on time" (that is time page is > loaded first), and the session_id into a mysql database. > b) Have the script check to see if that session_id was on any other pages. > if so and there is no off-time then the on-time for this page is the > off-time for the old page. > c) Have the script parse the page and change all the direct links to > page.php links. I.e if the script sees page1.html it would change that to > page.php?p=page1.html > > Now all your data is trapped in a mysql database > You should be able to write a simple script to extract it into some > meaningful reports, or a csv for further processesing. > > ANYTHING is possible with PHP & MySQL. > > Gerald > > "Michel Laine" <michel@systemtech.se> wrote in message > news:3BFA8947.447395F7@systemtech.se... > > I do not believe that this is possible, not as you would it to work > anyway. > > Something like this might be realized with sessions set to a very short > > timeout, but then your users might get pissed (due to the short timeout). > > > > Patrick Silva wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > > > is it possible with PHP to know how much time a person stay on a web > page? > > > > > > thanks > > > /---------------------------------------------/ > > > Patrick Silva > > > Gestion serveurs et domaines > > > Cyse Informatique > > > 105 avenue du Général Leclerc > > > 77400 Lagny sur marne (France) > > > tel : (33)1 64303232 - Fax : (33)1 64303222 > > > tel : (33)5 55805498 - Fax : (33)5 55805499 > > > E-mail : psilva@cyse.net > > > http://www.cyse.com > > > /---------------------------------------------/ > > > > -- > > > > Michel Laine > > > > -- Michel Laine Engineer / Network Administrator SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY SWEDEN AB Phone:(+46)-8-982255 Fax:(+46)-8-982060 Snail mail: Vretenvagen 2, 171 54 SOLNA, SWEDEN E-mail: michel@systemtech.se WWW: http://www.systemtech.se