Simple CLick tracker...

[se1zure]

HOw woult I go about keeping track of the number of times a link/submit button has been clicked? I want it to be very simple,a nd have the data be stored in a text file.

I can't seemt o get the submit form to add 1 to the count without using a  second php page. (otherwise, simply refreshing the page adds one to the count)

In other words, how can I make it so when I click a button (in a form), it runs a php script, but not until the button is clicked. ALl without leaving that page (refreshign is okay, but leaving the page is not).

[PC Nerd]

well if there is a form on the page, im not sure how to do that, but just have the link go to".....Page.php?click=yes    after that in the header of your page go something like :

if ($_GET['click] == "yes") {

Write the ++1 to the text file. 
}


DISPLAY PAGE HERE.

if the link was halfway down the page, i dont know hoew i would save the data already6 saved. ( maybe using the field names and the vairbales and sending all the values, even if their empty.... i doint know)

good luck

[se1zure]

Alright. Well, right now, I just want it to add a click count to the thing, (and it sets a cookie, so that they can't just refresht he page).

[code]<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["user"])){ // if it detects the cookie
    echo "A hit is only added once per hour"; } // Tell me that it has detected the cookie.
else if ($_GET[click] == "yes"){ // If no cookie is detected, and ?click is yes
              setcookie("user", "VISIT", time()+3600); // Set a cookie
              $filename= "counter.txt" ; // set filename var to counter.txt file.
              $fd = fopen ($filename , "r") or die ("Can't open $filename") ; // open counter.txt in read only format.
              $fstring = fread ($fd , filesize ($filename)) ; //Not %100 sure what this is for, just followed instructions.
              echo "$fstring" ; // Print counter.txt
              fclose($fd) ; // Close the connection with counter .txt

              $fd = fopen ($filename , "w") or die ("Can't open $filename") ; // reopen counter.txt in write format
              $fcounted = $fstring + 1 ; // Set $fcounted var to add one to $fstring.
              $fout= fwrite ($fd , $fcounted ) ; // write to $fd connection the new number $fcounted
              fclose($fd) } // close connection.
else { // if neither of the if statments are met.
    echo "<a href="?click=yes">Visit?</a>"; // display link to visit plage.
}
 

?>

[/code]

But this code outputs the error:
[code]Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home2/data/hosted/scetchbook/php/diggtest/story.php on line 15[/code]

Which doesn't make sense... I am just closing the if else stament.

[Jessica]

Edit: I was wrong. You're missing a ;

fclose($fd);