No idea where to start.

damien · 12-21-2007, 08:57 PM

I have no idea where to start a little script of php that counts the number of times my wordpress theme has been downloaded.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Damien

gilzow · 12-21-2007, 09:23 PM

Are you wanting the php script to record each time it is downloaded AND report how many times that is? Or are you wanting the script to use your webhosts logs to report how many times it has been downloaded?

Tanax · 12-21-2007, 09:30 PM

Proably the first..

gilzow · 12-21-2007, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tanax

Proably the first..

That's what I'm guessing, but dont want to start giving out suggestions until I know for sure which direction he is headed in.

Tanax · 12-21-2007, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilzow

That's what I'm guessing, but dont want to start giving out suggestions until I know for sure which direction he is headed in.

Heh, I hear ya

Based on that he said that he wanted to COUNT, and not FETCH; guessing that he wants to store each time someone downloads, is a pretty good guess

gilzow · 12-21-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanax

Heh, I hear ya

Based on that he said that he wanted to COUNT, and not FETCH; guessing that he wants to store each time someone downloads, is a pretty good guess

good point. though, if he just wants a raw count, he doesnt need php to do that. He could simply use his weblogs and some web log parsing tools to get the number.

Tanax · 12-21-2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gilzow

good point. though, if he just wants a raw count, he doesnt need php to do that. He could simply use his weblogs and some web log parsing tools to get the number.

Yeap, you'll just have to wait for him to reply until you can help him with his script

Wildhoney · 12-22-2007, 03:29 AM

The best way is to mimic the download process, and load in the file using the header function in PHP. I wrote a little script for someone else on TalkPHP like this not so long ago, but I was unable to find it with a quick search a moment ago. But that way you can then put all the PHP into the download process, so you know when the user is presented with the download prompt, that you can increment the download count, too.

damien · 12-22-2007, 05:23 AM

I need it for a wordpress theme. So I can post on the site
"x,xxx downloads and counting"

you know?

Matt83 · 12-22-2007, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by damien

I need it for a wordpress theme. So I can post on the site
"x,xxx downloads and counting"

you know?

Wordpress Download Monitor Plugin v1.6

From their site:

Quote:

this plugin is to keep your website downloads organised, and provide means to monitor the amount of downloads a file has (...)
To show download links, use the following tags:

Link/hits - [download#id] Output example: <a href="download.php?id=1" title="Version 1 downloaded 10 times">Download title (10)</a>

Hits only - [download#id#hits] Output example: 10

damien · 12-22-2007, 03:59 PM

thanks, but -- this download counter will be on a static site, not the actual wordpress theme. You see, users will go to the download page, download the theme, and I want it counted there.

Matt83 · 12-22-2007, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by damien

thanks, but -- this download counter will be on a static site, not the actual wordpress theme. You see, users will go to the download page, download the theme, and I want it counted there.

ok, this is a simple solution, i hope it suits to your needs.

Its based on 4 files.

hitsCount.txt ( CHMOD to 777 )
count.php
The Theme file ( something.zip )
Your index.php file

count.php:

PHP Code:


			
<?php
    
    $szFile = 'hitsCount.txt';
    $aData = @file($szFile);
    $aData = $aData[0];
    
    if($pHandle = @fopen($szFile, 'w'))
    {
        $aData = intval($aData); 
        $aData++;
        fwrite($pHandle, $aData);
        fclose($pHandle);
    }
    
    header('Location: something.zip');
?>

hitsCount.txt:

Set to 1 to prevent an error

Code:

index.php (example):

You can use, readfile or include to fetch the stats: <?php readfile("hitsCount.txt"); ?>

HTML Code:

<p><a href="count.php" title="Download Theme">Download This Theme</a><br/>
<small>This theme has been downloaded <strong><?php readfile("hitsCount.txt"); ?></strong> Time(s).</small></p>

This would give something like:

Quote:

Download This Theme
This theme has been donwloaded 2 Time(s).

damien · 12-22-2007, 05:07 PM

Matt83, you are a godsend. Thank you so much.

damien · 12-23-2007, 01:55 AM

What about the "location part" of the count.php
I just have the zip in the pub_html folder of my site
so is it okay?

Matt83 · 12-23-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by damien

What about the "location part" of the count.php
I just have the zip in the pub_html folder of my site
so is it okay?

Yes, though i would recommend you that you use the full path to the file, like:

PHP Code:


			
header('Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/something.zip');