Simple way to count outbound clicks through my redirect.php?

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    I need to setup a simple counter for my outbound link page, redirect.php.

    My basic php knowledge can increment a number in a txt file everytime somebody clicks through redirect.php - but is there a more elegant way?
     
    Kerosene, Aug 4, 2008 IP
  2. MartinGr

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    A simple txt based solution would look like this. Just create a file called count.txt to the same directory where your code is located. 

    if(file_exists("count.txt"))
{
  $file = fopen("count.txt", "r");
  $count = fgets($exist_file, 255);
  $count++;
  fclose($file);
  $file= fopen("count.txt", "w");
  fwrite($file, $new_count);
  fclose($file);
}
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    However I'd advise you to go for a database driven solution. Do you have MySql on your webserver?
     
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  3. jayshah

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    Create count.txt, Chmod 777.

    Better code.

    if(file_exists("count.txt"))
{
  $count = file_get_contents('count.txt');
  $count++;
  $file= fopen("count.txt", "w");
  fwrite($file, $count);
  fclose($file);
}
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    Jay
     
    jayshah, Aug 4, 2008 IP