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Vikas Meena
Vikas Meena

Reputation: 342

How to make a counter for unique visitors for my webpage in php codeigniter?

I am trying to make a counter for unique visitors in CodeIgniter using IP and session but this does not seem to work properly for me and I want to do it using cookies. So, I have written this function in my Controller - 

function counter()
{
    $this->load->helper('cookie');
    $visitor = $this->input->cookie(urldecode(), FALSE);
    $ipadrs = $this->input->ip_address();
    if ($visitor == false)
    {
        $cookie = array(
            "name" => urldecode(),
            "value" => "$ipadrs",
            "expire" => time() + 7200,
            "secure" => false);
        $this->input->set_cookie($cookie);
        $this->news->update_counter(urldecode());
    }
}

But this is not working, I have the update_counter function in my model.

I think I'm missing out on something very basic, any solutions for this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3868

Answers (2)

Arman Septian
Arman Septian

Reputation: 1

function counter()
{
    $this->load->helper('cookie');
    $visitor = $this->input->cookie(urldecode(), FALSE);
    $ipadrs = $this->input->ip_address();
    if ($visitor == false)
    {
        $cookie = array(
            "name" => urldecode(),
            "value" => "$ipadrs",
            "expire" => 7200,
            "secure" => false);
        $this->input->set_cookie($cookie);
        $this->news->update_counter(urldecode());
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

savaliya navneeet
savaliya navneeet

Reputation: 99

cookie is not working count unique visitors,

A cookie is often used to identify a user. A cookie is a small file that the server embeds on the user's computer. Each time the same computer requests a page with a browser, it will send the cookie too. With PHP, you can both create and retrieve cookie values. cookie is not server side so not count you unique user.

http://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/register-show-online-users-visitors_t

Here is a nice tutorial ,is what you need.

Upvotes: 1

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