Newsletter.. HELP please...

jeswin12

guys, im in need of some expert advise here (PHP)..

the problem is, i am sending a html newsletter (email).. i have link to our website in that Newsletter.. user can click on that link (in the email) and can open our website in the browser.. Now, I need to track all users who have visited our website through the link on the newsletter.. as soon as the user clicks the website link on the newsletter, there should be an email sent back to me saying, <user email id> has visited <my sitename> on <date/time>

i need a script / tutor for tracking this activity.. 😕

my second request is, i need a PHP invisible hit counter.. can anyone send me a script / tutor on this too...!!!

thnkz..

scoppc

well, you can just include one or two parameters in the link just to indicate that any users that visit your website by this link is the one that received your newsletter.

something like this:

[url]http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.php?nwsltr=yes&uid=4[/url]

then in your index.php, you can do something like this:

$newsletter=$_GET['nwsltr'];
$userid=$_GET['uid'];
if ($newsletter=="yes" AND !empty($uid)){
//it means, the user is visiting from the newsletter
     //mail a notification here...
}

of course, anyone can fake this by typing it. You can add another routine that check whether the user id exist in database..

jeswin12

thanks scoppc.. but, how will i get the user's email address..

i need a return mail (to me) in the following format..
<user email id> has visited <my sitename> on <date/time>

by getting the user email id, i can keep track of who are all going to my website thru the newsletter...

scoppc

well, instead of inserting user id in the link, you can just insert the email as the value. as simple as that.

[url]http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.php?nwsltr=yes&email=user@domain.com[/url]

What do you mean by "invisible counter"?
Do you mean a script that count the number of page hit without displaying it?
Counter scripts are available anywhere, to make it an "invisible" one, just delete the print or echo line. Is that what you mean?

The_Chancer

You can get a counter from anywhere, but if you want your site to be autonomous and non reliant on anyone, use something like:

$fp=fopen("counter.dat","r");
$count=fgets($fp,1024);
fclose($fp);
$fw=fopen("counter.dat","w");
$cnew=$count+1;
$countnew=fputs($fw,$count+1);
fclose($fw);

Just adds up and up.....