Idenity User

[larynx]

I Want To Place Every User That Enters My Site Into A SQL Database And Then Extract Stats From That Database So I Need To Be Able To Uniquely Identify Every User. So What Is The Best Way To Uniquely Identify A User In Your Site Using PHP, Is It Through A Session ID, IP Address, Cookie, Or Something Else?

Thanks In Advance...

[bastien]

login is the only way to truly guarantee uniqueness...

[larynx]

Creating Accounts Is Not An Option, What Is The Second Best Thing To Do?

[NogDog]

Well, IP addresses can change, sometimes often, for the same user. Cookies (and sessions, since they depend on cookies) can easily be deleted, purposely or accidentally.

I guess if it's more important to you to make sure all users get counted (even if it means over-counting), then I'd use cookies. If it's more important to you that no users get counted twice at the risk of not counting some unique users, then I'd use IP address.

[larynx]

I'll Use 'Em Cookies Then, Thanks...