php session tracking and MySQL?

[marslee@hotmail.com]

I am a php newbie. I would like to count how many times a user visit a
webpage.
I know session tracking should be used, but where i put the code? Is it
inside the html that the user visit?

session_start() ;
if (!IsSet($page_n umber))
$page_number = 1;
print("You have now visited $page_number");
print(" of pages <br />");
$page_number++;
$session_regist er("page_number ");

Also, i want to record the number of time a user visit a page and store
it in MySQL. I know how to do it using "form action and submit" way,
but
have no clue of doing it with session tracking .

[Steven Stern]

Re: php session tracking and MySQL?

On 30 May 2005 09:34:29 -0700 (more or less), marslee@hotmail .com wrote:
[color=blue]
>I am a php newbie. I would like to count how many times a user visit a
>webpage.
>I know session tracking should be used, but where i put the code? Is it
>inside the html that the user visit?
>
>session_start( );
> if (!IsSet($page_n umber))
> $page_number = 1;
> print("You have now visited $page_number");
> print(" of pages <br />");
> $page_number++;
> $session_regist er("page_number ");
>
>Also, i want to record the number of time a user visit a page and store
>it in MySQL. I know how to do it using "form action and submit" way,
>but
>have no clue of doing it with session tracking .[/color]

You can't do what you want with session cookes. You'll need to create a
permanent (or at least long duration) cookie for a visitor.

Something like:

// look for an existing cookie for this site

if (isset($_COOKIE['$thispage'])) { // if found, increment the count in
the database
update_db($user _code,$thispage );
}

// set a cookie (or extend the life of the current one

setcookie($aUni queID,$thispage ,time()+60*60*2 4*30);