hit counters

I am wondering how a hit counter works and I would like to know how to set up one. Can anyone help me? I am interested in setting up an image counter, meaning that each number is an image. There are no database or serverside programming involved. It is important that I know how the hits are recorded. Hope you can help me!

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Yanik!
Edmonton, AB

[This message has been edited by yduvoid (edited August 01, 2000).]

The hits are recorded in a database, just a flatfile database (which is a regular text document).

As far as text counters, they are dynamically created, that's too complicated to give an easy answer for. Just look around the web for some free ones.

I can handle complicated scripts, I have experience with php. I was just wondering if there is a way to do it without a database. Can't you use php and use a text file to keep track of the hits?

Yes, use the (if I can remember correctly) fopen() tag to open a text file.

See the PHP manual for more info.

I dont't know if this what u mean or not
But I've made a page with counter
using PHP and a text file not a database !!

All u have to do just
keep the counter in the file and every time visitors come into your page , increase the counter.
Just that !!!

You can set the HTTP_REFERER if u don't want your counter increase while handling visitor that come from links or bookmark !!!

That's all
Hope that this can help u ..
See ya !!!


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You can use asp and the application object - very simple. Let me know if you want more details.