click counter when link is pressed

**Jesdisciple** · 07-25-2008, 04:18 AM

I can't figure out how ?click=yes would help with the independence, but I have two ideas for that.

Doesn't each profile have its own database entry? Can't you just put the profile's visit count in that entry?

Otherwise, the text file needs to store which user each number applies to. This could be done by either changing the text put in the file or using a different file for a different user.

**motormichael12** · 07-25-2008, 04:24 AM

Save it as "test.php", not html

**kimberlyhello** · 07-29-2008, 06:29 AM

Yes, each profile has its own mysql database entry. But I don't want to use the database for the link counter. I would rather just have a unique link for every person's profile. And then somehow make the number go up when the link is pressed. I almost have it done with the code that was posted earlier in this thread, but now I need it to work on many different profile pages. Not just one.

Thanks again for any help.

**Jesdisciple** · 07-29-2008, 07:06 AM

I don't understand that, but anyway... You're going to be dependent on the database however you do it. I think the database would be the easiest route (for the server), but the second-easiest would be a modified filename. The filename will depend on the user's ID which will come from the DB.

Code:

<?php
$id = // the user's ID
$file = $id . '.txt';
if(!file_exists($file)){
  file_put_contents($file, '0');
}
if($_GET['click'] == 'yes'){
  file_put_contents($file, ((int) file_get_contents($file)) + 1);
  header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
  die;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
  <title>counter example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1><?php echo file_get_contents($file); ?></h1>
  <a href="?click=yes">clickMe</a>
</body>
</html>

**WandaLL** · 10-22-2008, 11:59 PM

I believe this is just what I need but as a newbie, I have a dumb question. Where does the link reside that the user would click?

Thanks
WLL

Originally Posted by Nyne Lyvez

I'm not real good with PHP, but I wrote a small javascript that will do what you're asking for...

Code:

<HTML>
 <HEAD>
  <TITLE> Clicker Counter Thingamajig </TITLE>
</head>

<body>


<script type="text/javascript">

var clicks = 0;
function linkClick(){
    document.getElementById('clicked').value = ++clicks;
}

document.write('<a href="#" onclick="linkClick()">Click Me!</a>');


</script>

You have clicked the link <input id="clicked" size="3" onfocus="this.blur();" value="0" > times.



 </BODY>
</HTML>

**TheJoshMan** · 10-23-2008, 12:04 AM

Code:

document.write('<a href="#" onclick="linkClick()">Click Me!</a>');

That is the link written by javascript... However, I would recommend using one of the version the other guys posted, as I am definitely not very good at scripting. I'm more of a css kinda guy.

**Jesdisciple** · 10-23-2008, 12:24 AM

Does the click count need to span responses? If User A clicks the link and leaves the page, and User B does the same, should the count be 1 or 2? If User A follows the link twice but in two different loads of the page, should the count be 1 or 2?

If you answered 1 the first question, Nyne's script will do it. The link will appear in place of the script tag.

If you answered 2 to both questions, you need to use a simple database or other file, no cookies required. Both techietim's and my own script implement this.

If you answered 2 and 1, you need to use cookies to record either 0 or 1 (a Boolean) click for each user and add them together via a database.

**WandaLL** · 10-23-2008, 02:20 AM

I believe small javascript function is just what I need but as a newbie, I have a dumb question. Where does the link reside that the user would click?

Thanks
WLL

**TheJoshMan** · 10-23-2008, 02:27 AM

Code:

<HTML>
 <HEAD>
  <TITLE> Clicker Counter Thingamajig </TITLE>
</head>

<body>


<script type="text/javascript">

var clicks = 0;
function linkClick(){
    document.getElementById('clicked').value = ++clicks;
}

document.write('<a href="#" onclick="linkClick()">Click Me!</a>');


</script>

You have clicked the link <input id="clicked" size="3" onfocus="this.blur();" value="0" > times.



 </BODY>
</HTML>

The highlighted section is the link

**Jesdisciple** · 10-23-2008, 02:29 AM

Here's a simplified version of Nyne's script, where the link is not generated or changed by JavaScript; it will look exactly as below. If you still don't get something please specify what it is.

Code:

<HTML>
 <HEAD>
  <TITLE> Clicker Counter Thingamajig </TITLE>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    var clicks = 0;
    function linkClick(){
      document.getElementById('clicked').value = ++clicks;
    }
  </script>
</head>

<body>


<a href="#" onclick="linkClick()">Click Me!</a>

You have clicked the link <input id="clicked" size="3" onfocus="this.blur();" value="0" > times.



 </BODY>
</HTML>

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