[Resolved] Track user navigation.

[joe2]

Hi,

I want to keep an record on, how user naigates on particular file.
There is file detail.php?id=2
This id 2 have three subids say 4,5,6
Now id 4 also have three sub id say 7,8,9

Now the user clicks on detail.php?id=2
it shows link for 4,5,6
Now user clicks on 4 ,the url will detail.php?id=4
it shows link for 7,8,9
Now user clicks on 7, the user will be detail.php?id=7

I want all three value i e. 2,4,7 at last page .i. e. detail.php?id=7.

Please suggest some idea to do it. Ids are coming from database. Note : file name is not changing (detail.php).

Thanks in advance.

[BuzzLY]

store them in a session variable, and keep adding to that session variable for each page they visit.

[joe2]

I am trying to apply exactly the same logic as you said...session variable..but what is happening when i click on third level .it overwrites the value of second level.

Thanks

[drawmack]

I would use a database table and track the person's IP and the page visited with a timestamp so I can reconstruct their visit and use the information to see which pages the most people are visiting as well as the time people spend on each page.

[joe2]

Or in the simplified way, how can i append a variable value .....

$a=$_GET['getTheValue'];

$_session['b']=$a;

if ( $_session['b'] != $a) {

$c=$_session['b']. "|" . $a ;
print $c;

}

[BuzzLY]

If you only need to track the data during a single session, then try something like this (untested):

<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION['page_track'])) {
  if (is_array($_SESSION['page_track'])) {
    $page_track = $_SESSION['page_track'];
  } else {
    $page_track[] = $_SESSION['page_track'];
}
if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
  $page_track[] = $_GET['id'];
  $_SESSION['page_track'] = $page_track;
}

// at this point, the $page_track array should contain
// every page id this user has accessed since the session began.
?>

If you need to keep a record of the users' page accesses over a period of time, then I would definitely put the pertinent information in a database. Simply create a .php file that contains the code to capture the information about the user that you want, and the page they are on, then inserts that data into your database. Then, all you have to do is include that .php at the top of any page you want to track the usage of.

[joe2]

Thanks BuzzLY, it solved my problem..

Thanks a lot.