Custom Image Counter For Your Site

[Byron]

Here's a custom image counter that can be used with multible pages. Requires the font I've provided or one of your own. The way I use it on my site is to just put it in it's own directory because it will create a seperate data (text file) file for every page you use the counter on. Once you upload the script and the font to your site it's just a matter of adding the counter image tag to your pages like below:

 

<img src="http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/php/counter/index.php?file=demo_page&back=yellow&color=red">

 

You change the page identifier and colors by appending it to the url:

 

file=demo_page = identifies the page your counting

back=yellow = the image color

color=red = the font color

 

Here's a Demo Page with the script:

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/php/counter/demo.php

 

 

 

[Byron]

Also if you wanted to get a few stats from your visitors you could add this to the script:

 

# variables for data
$agent = $_SERVER[HTTP_USER_AGENT];
$ip = $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR];
$host = gethostbyaddr($ip);
$page = $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER];

# compile new entry
$time = date( "m/d/y G.i:s", time() );
$stats = "<b>Time:</b> $time<br><b>IP:</b> $ip<br><b>Host:</b> $host<br><b>Agent:</b> $agent<br><b>Viewed</b> <a href=\"$page\">$page</a>\n";

# write data to the file
file_put_contents("$file.stats.txt", $stats, FILE_APPEND);

 

Then read the data file to an html output like so:

 

Time: 04/24/11 11.08:10

IP: 207.7.92.114

Host: setcronjob.com

Agent: SetCronJob/1.0 (+http://www.setcronjob.com/)

Viewed http://your_site.heliohost.org/tracker.php

 

[PenTester]

Thanks for this wonderful script. It will be good if the counter is resetted every 24hours(for counting daily visitors).

[Byron]

Thanks for this wonderful script. It will be good if the counter is resetted every 24hours(for counting daily visitors).

 

The only way that I know to do it would be with a cron job. The cron job would delete the count text file EVERY 24 hours.

 

Or you could add this to your script. What it does is create a text file just for the purpose of checking how old it is. If the "time_check.txt" is older than 24 hours when somebody visits your page, it will delete the "time_check.txt" and the "$file.txt" causing the counter to start over. The problem with this is that it might get reset in the middle of the day depending on when your last visiter was.

 

$ckfile = "time_check.txt";
if (!file_exists($ckfile)) {
file_put_contents($ckfile, "nothing");
}
else
{

# check file age
$age = time()-filemtime($ckfile);

# how many days before file gets deleted
$dys = 1;
$expire = 60*60*24*$dys;

if ( $age > $expire )
{
unlink($ckfile);
unlink("$file.txt");
}
}

[Piotr GRD]

You don't need any cron job. You could replace this part of the code:

#### If txt file exists get last count and add 1
$hits = file_get_contents("$file.txt");
$hits++;
file_put_contents("$file.txt", $hits);
}

with this:

#### If txt file exists get last count and add 1
if (date("Ymd", filemtime("$file.txt")) == date("Ymd"))
{
  $hits = file_get_contents("$file.txt");
  $hits++;
}
else
{ $hits = 1; }
file_put_contents("$file.txt", $hits);
}

 

And if you would like to store archive data for previous day for own statistic purposes:

#### If txt file exists get last count and add 1
if (date("Ymd", filemtime("$file.txt")) == date("Ymd"))
{
  $hits = file_get_contents("$file.txt");
  $hits++;
}
else
{
  rename("$file.txt", date("Ymd", filemtime("$file.txt")) . "$file.txt");
  $hits = 1;
}
file_put_contents("$file.txt", $hits);
}

 

 

Of course remember to set your desired time zone if it's different than default one set on the server for the counter being resetted at the right midnight, ie.:

putenv("TZ=America/New_York");

 

 

 

edit:

I didn't see edited by byron "Or you could add this to ...", yet, while writing my reply. What is worth to mention, though, that while byron's edited script with "$ckfile" will do the reset, but not necessarily at the midnight.

[Byron]

I didn't see edited by byron "Or you could add this to ...", yet, while writing my reply. What is worth to mention, though, that while byron's edited script with "$ckfile" will do the reset, but not necessarily at the midnight.

 

Your solution was MUCH better than my long drawn out solution. Thank you!

 

[Byron]

I should have mentioned also that you don't actually need a true type font. We can use the server fonts that come with ImageMagick. This tool will give you the font names and show you what they look like:

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/php/tools...font-viewer.php

 

Just replace this line in the script:

 

$draw->setFont("trebuchet_italic.ttf");

 

With something like this (depending on the font name):

 

$draw->setFont("URW-Palladio-Roman");

 

That's the font I'm using now on my demo page:

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/php/counter/demo.php

 

btw, this script only works for Stevie. Johnny doesn't have the Imagick Class.

 

[jje]

Great script!

[PenTester]

Nice work ! and thanks for the help

[Brother Hassan]

Nice Script