Unique hits

[Ini]

Looking for the code to show unique hits not page hits.

Thanks +rep for help

[Mentor]

unque hits is harder as it needs to keep track of who its already counted, hence the script has to log vistors and check against the records to know weather to add to the total count. Useuallly this will be refreshed every 24 hours or simlar time fraim and hits will be counted again, so as to save room on the logs.

Easyest method is use a proper states collecting app, tracewatch for example, although i suppose a script wouldnt be to hard to create for it. Im sure google will probabaly have a few ready to use anyway.

[Ini]

unque hits is harder as it needs to keep track of who its already counted, hence the script has to log vistors and check against the records to know weather to add to the total count. Useuallly this will be refreshed every 24 hours or simlar time fraim and hits will be counted again, so as to save room on the logs.

Easyest method is use a proper states collecting app, tracewatch for example, although i suppose a script wouldnt be to hard to create for it. Im sure google will probabaly have a few ready to use anyway.

Thanks ill have a look for one now.

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[Luckyrare]

You can do a number of things to log "unique" views.

You could set a session/cookie and expire after 24 hours.

OR

You can log each IP, if that IP isnt in the log (last 24 hours) it adds it otherwise does nothing. This would be a CPU intensive.

[Joltersoft]

google maybe?

[Ini]

google maybe?

Way to point out the obvious

[Florx]

Heres one I found on the interweb

It uses 2 text files which need to be chmoded to 777 to let it work properly. Alternativly you could use AWstats which show unique hits

<?php

// #################### Define Important Constants ####################
// There should be no need to edit these
define('COUNT_FILE', 'counter.txt');
define('IP_FILE', 'ips.txt');

// ######################## USER CONFIGURATION ########################
// Edit the following.. true = yes, false = no

// Use file locking?
define('USE_FLOCK', true);

// Count only unique visitors?
define('ONLY_UNIQUE', true);

// Show count as images?
define('USE_IMAGES', false);

// Path to the images
define('IMG_DIR', 'counter/images/');

// Image extension
define('IMG_EXT', '.gif');

// ############################ Functions #############################
/**
* We use this function to open, read/write to files.
*
* @param  string   Filename
* @param  string   Mode (r, w, a, etc..)
* @param  string   If writing to the file, the data to write
* @return mixed
*/
function fp($file, $mode, $data = '')
{
    if (!file_exists($file) OR !is_writable($file))
    {
        trigger_error("Error: '<code>$file</code>' does not exist or is not writable.");
    }

    if (!($fp = @fopen($file, $mode)))
    {
        trigger_error("Error: '<code>$file</code>' could not be opened.");
    }

    if (USE_FLOCK AND @flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
    {
        if ($mode == 'r')
        {
            return @fread($fp, filesize($file));
        }
        else
        {
            @fwrite($fp, $data);
        }
        @flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
    }
    else
    {
        if ($mode == 'r')
        {
            return @fread($fp, filesize($file));
        }
        @fwrite($fp, $data);
    }
    @fclose($fp);
}

/**
* Get the users ip address.
* Pulled from my {@link http://www.domainportfolio.us Domain Portfolio} project.
*
* @param  none
* @return string
*/
function get_ip()
{
    if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
    {
        if (preg_match_all("#[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}#s", $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'], $ips))
        {
            while (list($key, $val) = @each($ips[0]))
            {
                if (!preg_match("#^(10|172\.16|192\.168)\.#", $val))
                {
                    $ip = $val;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else if ($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    }
    else if ($_SERVER['HTTP_FROM'])
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_FROM'];
    }
    else
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    }
    return preg_replace('#([^0-9,\.]+)#', '', $ip);
}

// ######################## Start Main Script #########################
// Get current count
$count = fp(COUNT_FILE, 'r');

// Do we only want to count 'unique' visitors?
if (ONLY_UNIQUE)
{
    // Get visitor ip and check against our ip log
    $ip = get_ip();
    $ips = trim(fp(IP_FILE, 'r'));
    $ips = preg_split("#\n#", $ips, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    $visited = (bool)(in_array($ip, $ips));

    // They've not visited before
    if (!$visited)
    {
        fp(IP_FILE, 'a', "$ip\n");
        fp(COUNT_FILE, 'w', $count + 1);
    }
    // Memory saving
    unset($ips);
}
else
{
    // No, we wish to count all visitors
    fp(COUNT_FILE, 'w', $count + 1, USE_FLOCK);
}

// Do we want to display the # visitors as graphics?
if (USE_IMAGES)
{
    $count = preg_split("##", $count, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    $len = count($count);
    $display = '';

    for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++)
    {
        $display .= '<img src="' . IMG_DIR . $count[$i] . IMG_EXT . '" border="0" alt="Simple PHP counter by SecondVersion.com" />&nbsp;';
    }
    echo "<a href=\"http://www.secondversion.com\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Simple PHP counter by SecondVersion.com\">$display</a>";
}
else
{
    // Nope, let's just show it as plain text
    echo "$count";
}
// EoF

?>

[Ini]

Heres one I found on the interweb

It uses 2 text files which need to be chmoded to 777 to let it work properly. Alternativly you could use AWstats which show unique hits

<?php

// #################### Define Important Constants ####################
// There should be no need to edit these
define('COUNT_FILE', 'counter.txt');
define('IP_FILE', 'ips.txt');

// ######################## USER CONFIGURATION ########################
// Edit the following.. true = yes, false = no

// Use file locking?
define('USE_FLOCK', true);

// Count only unique visitors?
define('ONLY_UNIQUE', true);

// Show count as images?
define('USE_IMAGES', false);

// Path to the images
define('IMG_DIR', 'counter/images/');

// Image extension
define('IMG_EXT', '.gif');

// ############################ Functions #############################
/**
* We use this function to open, read/write to files.
*
* @param  string   Filename
* @param  string   Mode (r, w, a, etc..)
* @param  string   If writing to the file, the data to write
* @return mixed
*/
function fp($file, $mode, $data = '')
{
    if (!file_exists($file) OR !is_writable($file))
    {
        trigger_error("Error: '<code>$file</code>' does not exist or is not writable.");
    }

    if (!($fp = @fopen($file, $mode)))
    {
        trigger_error("Error: '<code>$file</code>' could not be opened.");
    }

    if (USE_FLOCK AND @flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
    {
        if ($mode == 'r')
        {
            return @fread($fp, filesize($file));
        }
        else
        {
            @fwrite($fp, $data);
        }
        @flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
    }
    else
    {
        if ($mode == 'r')
        {
            return @fread($fp, filesize($file));
        }
        @fwrite($fp, $data);
    }
    @fclose($fp);
}

/**
* Get the users ip address.
* Pulled from my {@link http://www.domainportfolio.us Domain Portfolio} project.
*
* @param  none
* @return string
*/
function get_ip()
{
    if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
    {
        if (preg_match_all("#[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}#s", $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'], $ips))
        {
            while (list($key, $val) = @each($ips[0]))
            {
                if (!preg_match("#^(10|172\.16|192\.168)\.#", $val))
                {
                    $ip = $val;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else if ($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    }
    else if ($_SERVER['HTTP_FROM'])
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_FROM'];
    }
    else
    {
        $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    }
    return preg_replace('#([^0-9,\.]+)#', '', $ip);
}

// ######################## Start Main Script #########################
// Get current count
$count = fp(COUNT_FILE, 'r');

// Do we only want to count 'unique' visitors?
if (ONLY_UNIQUE)
{
    // Get visitor ip and check against our ip log
    $ip = get_ip();
    $ips = trim(fp(IP_FILE, 'r'));
    $ips = preg_split("#\n#", $ips, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    $visited = (bool)(in_array($ip, $ips));

    // They've not visited before
    if (!$visited)
    {
        fp(IP_FILE, 'a', "$ip\n");
        fp(COUNT_FILE, 'w', $count + 1);
    }
    // Memory saving
    unset($ips);
}
else
{
    // No, we wish to count all visitors
    fp(COUNT_FILE, 'w', $count + 1, USE_FLOCK);
}

// Do we want to display the # visitors as graphics?
if (USE_IMAGES)
{
    $count = preg_split("##", $count, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    $len = count($count);
    $display = '';

    for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++)
    {
        $display .= '<img src="' . IMG_DIR . $count[$i] . IMG_EXT . '" border="0" alt="Simple PHP counter by SecondVersion.com" />&nbsp;';
    }
    echo "<a href=\"http://www.secondversion.com\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Simple PHP counter by SecondVersion.com\">$display</a>";
}
else
{
    // Nope, let's just show it as plain text
    echo "$count";
}
// EoF

?>

Tyvm +rep

[Foobar]

Way to point out the obvious

If it was so obvious why didn't you use it?

[Ini]

If it was so obvious why didn't you use it?

I did ;l