Stop counter increment with cookie for me only

DizzyPenguin

Hi all,
I'm using PHPCounter 5.1 http://ekstreme.com/phplabs/phpcounter.php which as the feature of disabling count increment for certain IP addresses. How would I be able to fiddle with it if my IP is dynamic (Broadband).

Is there a way to implement a cookie code just for my computer, once set I would disable the creation of cookies but it would still read just the one on my computer.

I'm clever with AppleScript (I'm a Mac person!) but very new to PHP scripting so... any hints greatly appreciated!

ucbones

Try just setting a cookie on a separate page (to avoid people who visit the page at the same time as you also never increasing the count). Set the cookie to expire in a couple of years, and then remove the setcookie page, but retain the code to check to see if the cookie is there.

Hope that makes sense, shouldn't be difficult to code, I'll make a stab at it if you want,

Cheers,

ucbones

DizzyPenguin

ucbones,
Would you mind? I'd be really grateful for a bit of code.

It just annoys me to see myself incrementing the count as I'm loading that page so often to check on design progress, and I finally got my hands on a counter that I can easily install across loads of sites and keep track of it all.

Here's what I've got so far to put on my "set cookie" page:

Set cookie

if (!isset($COOKIE['noCount'])) {
$value = "no_Count";
$time = time()+(3600*1000);
setcookie("noCount", $value, $time);
header("Location:".$PHP_SELF."");
}
else {
echo "Cookie is already set. \n<br>\n";
echo "The cookie's value is: ".$COOKIE['noCount'];
}

And now where would I add the "if cookie exist don't count else count" bit?
In the counter.php script or in my index page where I've got:

php require('../counter/phpcounter.php');

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Update

Ok, I've worked it out.
Pretty basic actually!