Love2c0de Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Just wanted to know what the correct procedure is for counting page views with a site. If a user visited the homepage first and then the contact us page for example, do you cound that as 1 viewing or 2 viewings? Also, do I need to retrieve information about a user using the $_SERVER global to determine if it is the same user viewing the separate pages? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 If a user visited the homepage first and then the contact us page for example, do you cound that as 1 viewing or 2 viewings? It's up to you... Do you want to track a general total of page views, or a total for each page? I don't really see how much use the former would be, though. What's this data to be used for? You may be better off using Google Analytics (or an equivalent) if you just want to get some stats. Also, do I need to retrieve information about a user using the $_SERVER global to determine if it is the same user viewing the separate pages? Unless you only want to register views for unique users, there's no need to try to identify the user, just increment the count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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