download stats

[zxcv]

hey, i'm looking for something, and maybe someone here can help me. i want a simple script that i can easily download and install, that will track downloads of files in a certain directory. like, if i have a folder for videos, which are linked to from various places, even on another server, i want all the downloads of them to be tracked, and i want statistics for each individual file.

is this possible?

[alimadzi]

This is just a wild idea. I've never actually tried it...

For same-server downloads, you could try creating a download.php script that takes a query string parameter. Then change all your public download links to point to that script with a different value for each file. One example could be...

http://www.example.com/download.php?file=123

Then create a table called Download that stores the ID number used in the query string, the actual filename, and a download count. When the script is called, look up the file from the ID, increment the download count, then redirect to the file.

Has anyone ever tried something like this?