Counter - every time link is clicked!

hey i want a counter that when a link is clicked it counts


for downloads - say how many times the download button is clicked!

 

You could use PHP and a MySQL DB. You could set up a table like this:

id  url                     count
1  files/aLogo.psd       23
2  files/anEbook.pdf    61
3  files/aSong.mp3      12

Code (markup):

Then what you can do is set up a redirect page that handles your counter for you. The redirect page would:

• Use the linkID specified to grab the relevant record.
• Extract the information.
• Increment the counter.
• Update the table with the updated counter.
• Redirect the user using "header('Location: $linkURL');" or whatever.

I'm assuming you have some programming knowledge here, if not give me a shout and I'll elaborate if I'm not too busy!

 

If you looking for a hit counter, see this one.

If you are looking for a outbound link click counter see this one.