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@Markbad311Feb 20.2006 — #To put you one the right road a couple things you need to know.

1. to make a counter for PHP every file you want the counter to count must have a .php extension.

2. You need to have access to a Database or write it in side of a .txt file.

3. Php must be installed on your server.

here is something simple I use in a seperate .php file called "func.php"

[code=php]
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////
 //Counts All Access By Page Name, Displays ///
 /////////////////////////////////////////////
 function pagecount($page_title) {
 $page_name = $page_title; //gets the name from the page
 $IP_address = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR"); //gets the user IP address
 $user_agent = getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"); //gets the browser
 $date_added = date("Y-m-d");// The date in mysql standard format
 $time = date("h:i:s a"); //time 1:02:08 pm
 
 // Setup table and DB
 $table_name = "page_track"; 
 $db_name = "database"; //set db name
 $connection = mysql_connect ("localhost", "username", "password")
 or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());//location, username, password
 $db = mysql_select_db ($db_name, $connection)
 or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());//data base select
 $sql = "INSERT INTO $table_name VALUES ('$page_name', '$IP_address', '$user_agent', '$date_added', '$time')";//inserts the whole thing into your database
 $result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die (mysql_error());
 
 // Show this area selects all the mattching pages out of the DB and counts them then displays
 $count_sql = "SELECT COUNT('$page_title') FROM $table_name WHERE '$page_title' = '$page_name'";
 $count_res = mysql_query($count_sql, $connection) or die (mysql_error());
 global $count;
 $count = @mysql_result($count_res, 0, "count('$page_title')");//$count is = hits
 //
 
 }
 [/code]

and I call it from each page like this.

[code=php]
 <? require("locationoffunction/func.php");
 $page_title = "Name of Page";
 pagecount($page_title);
 ?>
 <html>
 <head></head>
 <body>
 
 <!--somewhere in a footer -->
 <? echo "$count"; ?>
 </body>
 </html>
 [/code]

hope it helps

@CliffordauthorFeb 22.2006 — #it does a little but how do i create a unique counter? and can i do it without a database (MYSQL)? I havnt learnt anything about MYSQL yet, wont get to it for another 2 weeks

@Pixel-ArtistFeb 22.2006 — #You can do it in a txt file also

@CliffordauthorFeb 22.2006 — #how would i go about doing that?

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