Re: Re: Counter problems!

Yes, database is much better solution, but i wanted to make very simple script for counter. Thanks to all Radovan "Jill Ramonsky" <Jill.Ramonsky@Aculab.com> wrote in message news:8C9A566C643ED6119E8900A0C9DE297A3244E6@saturn.aculab.com... > Yes, Jochem's right. > > One thing though, Radovan. If your script WRITES TO the file "counter.txt" > then I assume that script's directory must give write permission to the > whole world. That is a very dangerous thing to do. There would be nothing to > stop a hacker from saving arbitrary binary (or PHP) code in that directory, > and hence doing ANYTHING to your server. > > A more secure counter could be stored in a mysql database. > > Jill > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: J Veenhuijsen [mailto:info@solid-digital.nl] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:45 PM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: Counter problems! > > > I tested that and the counter does not increase when i hit > the refresh button or press enter in the adressbar. > It only increases when i quit the explorer and reopen the same link > afterwards. Which is ofcourse a new visit because the session is > distroyed when closing the browser. > > Jochem > > > Radovan Radic wrote: > > Yes, but what if you refresh the page? > > Or type in the address bar index.php and press enter, i think it will be > > increased?