txt based link counter

bigdil

Hi,
I would like to set up a link counter, based on a text file. I have already searched a lot, but I only found it with mysql.

Thx in advance.

van__

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

bigdil

ok, I checked the page you recommended, but still no idea, since I'm not that expert 🙁
So please, a more specific description/guide would be needed ...

van__

Hmmm...
I do tend to be brief with very abstract questions that beg an entire script to be written as an example.

here's some tips though:

format your text file like an ini file.

[domain1.com]
count_in=12
count_out=31

[domain2.com]
count_in=29
count_out=14

you'll use the parse_ini('filename') function to actually parse it.

<?
$log = parse_ini_file($iniFile_path, TRUE);
//output the resulting array...
print_r($ini);

/
for each $HTTP_REFERER you tracked,
you'd put that as an array...
/
$referer = parse_url($GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER']);

$log[$referer['host']]['count_in']++;

foreach ($log as $key=>$val) {
$log_str .= "[".$key."]\n";
foreach($log[$key] as $nKey=>$nVal) {
$log_str .= "$nKey=$nVal\n";
}}

$fp = fopen($iniFile_path,'w');
fwrite($fp,$log_str);
fclose($fp);

Does it work?
I don't know, just wrote it off the top of my head.

But, it should atleast give you a rudimentrary idea.

bigdil

First of all, thanks for your idea.
After some trying, I attained not to get error messages. But it still doesn't working the way i want.
Here's the source i'm using:
<?
$iniFile_path = 'links.txt';
$log = parse_ini_file($iniFile_path, TRUE);
print_r($ini);
$referer = parse_url($GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER']);
$log[$referer['host']]['count_in']++;
foreach ($log as $key=>$val) {
$log_str .= "[".$key."]\n";
foreach($log[$key] as $nKey=>$nVal) {
$log_str .= "$nKey=$nVal\n";
}}

$fp = fopen($iniFile_path,'w');
fwrite($fp,$log_str);
fclose($fp);

After this, my textfile looks like this:
[www.google.com]
count_in=1
count_out=32
[]
count_in=1

Sure it'll be easy for you to fix it.

I need something like on this page: http://www.ivibes.nu/index.php?show=Links
(I guess they have made it with mysql)
Is your idea is similar to this one?

van__

<?
$iniFile_path = 'links.txt';
$log = parse_ini_file($iniFile_path, TRUE);
print_r($log); //fixed that, shows you the array from the log file.

//here's your big fixaroo...
if ($GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER']) {

$referer = parse_url($GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER']);
$log[$referer['host']]['count_in']++;
foreach ($log as $key=>$val) {
$log_str .= "[".$key."]\n";
foreach($log[$key] as $nKey=>$nVal) {
$log_str .= "$nKey=$nVal\n";
}}

$fp = fopen($iniFile_path,'w');
fwrite($fp,$log_str);
fclose($fp);

} // end big fixaroo
?>

van__

I should point out that for the script to actually work, you'll need to have a referer.
So to refer yourself from your page slap this line in somewhere...

echo "<a href=\"$PHP_SELF\">click here</a>";

bigdil

Thx. It's working.
And what if, for example, i have a link on my page to www.google.com, and a want to track how many times people click on this link?

bigdil

I mean... How many clicks this link gets.
Similar to the link section at www.ivibes.nu, as i mentioned.

van__

That's what the count_out was for...

point to another script just like the one you have except instead of adding the ++ to the "count_in", you change it to be "count_out"
and don't use the HTTP_REFERRER, just use whatever URL you pass to the script to redirect the browser to.
then just has the code and have it send a header to redirect the browser...

header("LOCATION: http://$link_site");

and change the parse url...
parse_url($link_site);
//and change this...
$log[$referer['host']]['count_in']++;
to this...
$log[$referer['host']]['count_out']++;

and of course change all reference to $GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER'] to $link_site

bigdil

When I change $GLOBALS['HTTP_REFERER'] to $link_site, it stops counting the hits... 🙁
Also, It doesn't redirect to the page I want.

Where do I place header("LOCATION: http://$link_site"); ?
Another question: How do I use it as a link? I thought of something like this: redirect.php?url=www.google.com

The redirect.php is now the following:

<?
$iniFile_path = 'links.txt';
$log = parse_ini_file($iniFile_path, TRUE);
print_r($log);

if ($link_site) {

$referer = parse_url($link_site);
$log[$referer['host']]['count_out']++;
foreach ($log as $key=>$val) {
$log_str .= "[".$key."]\n";
foreach($log[$key] as $nKey=>$nVal) {
$log_str .= "$nKey=$nVal\n";
}}

$fp = fopen($iniFile_path,'w');
fwrite($fp,$log_str);
fclose($fp);
header("LOCATION: http://$link_site");
}
?>

van__

is $link_site being passed to it?
If the var $link_site has a value then it will be true and the if statement will be executed.

using this...
redirect.php?link_site=www.google.com
should work ok.

lentin64

if you have fopen() function:
<?php
function counter($file) {
$fp=fopen($file,"r");
$re=fread($fp,filesize($file));
fclose($fp);
$fp=fopen($file,"w");
fwrite($fp,$re+1);
fclose($fp); $r=$re+1;
return $r;
?>

to open it:
How many visited: <?=counter("counter.txt")?>

van__

Hmmm....
Something about people that come into a thread that's already been discussed and solved and provide some irrelevent info kinda bothers me.

Your "function" makes no consideration to the fact that the idea here was not to count how many total page views, but rather how many page views were sent by a referer and who that referer was.

Take the time to read the question, and if there is activity on the thread, take the time to read the followups, saves you from looking like a dumb-a$$

bigdil

I tried with redirect.php?link_site=www.google.com

Result:
Array ( [localhost] => Array ( [count_out] => 1 ) )
Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\mywebpages\bigdil\phpshit\redirect.php:4) in d:\mywebpages\bigdil\phpshit\redirect.php on line 19

Headers already sent..?

bigdil

Van, please help me, I think it's almost working 🙂

bigdil

please... 🙁
don't let me think you don't care anymore...

van__

Just remove the print_r()
You don't need any output on the redirect page script since they're being redirected anyway.

the header() function needs to be placed before any output as the http_header MUST come before the http_document body.

There was another thread about this just a bit back...
http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=1&id=137392&thread=137391

Also, the print_r() was just for debugging so you could see what was going on in the ini file, no need to actually have it in there if you no longer need it.

bigdil

Great, it's working now. Finally... 🙂
Now I need the number of hits to be shown.
It should only give back the number of hits.

showhits.php?link_site=www.google.com

It would be something like this:

<?
(code to get the # of hits)

echo "$hits"
?>

What's the easiest way to do this?