More php help needed :)
 

I want to log clicks on a exit console as such

http://www.blah.com/out.php?id=1
http://www.blah.com/out.php?id=2
http://www.blah.com/out.php?id=3
http://www.blah.com/out.php?id=4
http://www.blah.com/out.php?id=5

The 2 ways I can log hits are either use cookies, or log the ip address and if its not used in last 1-24hrs then count it as a unique.

If I am using cookies, how do I store it so I know what links are unique for them the easiest way?

Like

<?
if (!isset($_COOKIE['$id']) ) {
add click for id
setcookieforid
}
?>

Is there a short way to store the id's? or will the cookie file be huge if I have like 500 id's they could click?

Thanks

Well, from the code shown you will be creating a new cookie for each entry... so that will be like 500 cookies with a value in each of them.. the problem with this is most comptuers will only receive 1 cookie per connection (URL) so ... that can turn into a problem... I'd just log the IP, and have it clear out daily... that is your best bet... store the ips in a database and then if it is the next day, it checks, and if it is, resets the ip address log and adds the value simple as that

It doesn't create a new cookie if one already exists for that domain. It just adds a the cookie variable.

or atleast that is how it works with IE6.

best way would be to create a mysql database and store the values in there. and go from there. its pretty much easy from there.

That's what I think as well :)

If you want to go with the cookie, store the data in an array...

Bump for anyone elses opinion

you got mine opinion, where the hell do you need some more for ;)