file download counter without database

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I am a beginer in programming. i have a pdf file for download in my website. I want to know the no. of downloads. I searched in google.

and i tried something like this. http://tutorialzine.com/2010/02/php-mysql-download-counter/

But everything is with database. Since i am a beginer, i am not familiar with database.

could you please suggest me the php code for this without database

You could write some simple file handling code and store the count in a text file. PHP Manual has very good resources about it. http://www.php.net/fwrite — Hanky Panky, Jun 01 '13 at 16:54

geovani075 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-01T16:59:23.890

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if you are not familiar with database, try something like this

http://www.kavoir.com/2010/05/simplest-php-hit-counter-or-download-counter-count-the-number-of-times-of-access-visits-or-downloads.html

it may help you

edited Jun 01 '13 at 16:59

answered Jun 01 '13 at 16:53

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '13 at 16:55

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Well instead of a database you will have to keep a file with count

in the php file that downloads the pdf:

$downCount = intval( file_get_contents("/some/path/downloadCount") );
$downCount++;
file_put_contents("/some/path/downloadCount",$downCount);

answered Jun 01 '13 at 16:55

Patrick Evans

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 01 '13 at 16:55

PHP can't do it alone. It would need either a database, or an empty file to save to of some sort.

The best way is to use a database. Its probably the most easiest way as well. However I'd highly recommend getting in some database experience if you want to use PHP. Although database design / usage is very different to PHP, its very useful to know

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 01 '13 at 17:06

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You could use the atime (access time) of the file as a counter aswell.

answered Jun 01 '13 at 17:06

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