Hi all,

any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?

any /code appreciated,

craig

On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> any /code appreciated,
> craig

Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
your site?

On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> > any /code appreciated,
> > craig
>
> Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
> or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
> your site?

I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.

That kinda thing

Cheers

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:14:13 +0200, <snowinfo@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
>> > any /code appreciated,
>> > craig
>>
>> Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
>> or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
>> your site?
>
> I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
> 'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.

1) Preferably use a database, have a table active_users
2) On each request with a session & logged in user, either insert a record
with the user-id with a timestamp (or datetime) field, with the current
time, or update an allready existing record with that information (if
MySQL: ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE saves a lot of hassle).
3) On checking for active users, remove all entries from the active_users
table with updated more than X minutes ago (X is your choice).
4) Display the list in active users.

1-3 are even easier (and more reliable) if you've taken to storing
sessions in the database with a custom handler using
session_set_save_handler(), but if you don't do this allready for other
reasons that would be a bit over the top for only an 'active users' script.
--
Rik Wasmus

On 22 Apr, 20:25, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:14:13 +0200, <snowi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
> >> On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> >> > any /code appreciated,
> >> > craig
>
> >> Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
> >> or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
> >> your site?
>
> > I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
> > 'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.
>
> 1) Preferably use a database, have a table active_users
> 2) On each request with a session & logged in user, either insert a record
> with the user-id with a timestamp (or datetime) field, with the current
> time, or update an allready existing record with that information (if
> MySQL: ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE saves a lot of hassle).
> 3) On checking for active users, remove all entries from the active_users
> table with updated more than X minutes ago (X is your choice).
> 4) Display the list in active users.
>
> 1-3 are even easier (and more reliable) if you've taken to storing
> sessions in the database with a custom handler using
> session_set_save_handler(), but if you don't do this allready for other
> reasons that would be a bit over the top for only an 'active users' script.
> --
> Rik Wasmus

thanks for that

not sure how to write that though,.... :-(

On 22 abr, 16:14, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Hi all,
> > > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> > > any /code appreciated,
> > > craig
>
> > Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
> > or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
> > your site?
>
> I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
> 'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.
>
> That kinda thing
>
> Cheers

i'm just thinking
you should add a field in the users table with the "last activity"
timestamp, each time the user clicks on a link you will update this
field.
Then you can establish a period of time that you consider the user
online and doing a simple select with that criteria you are going to
get the number of users online

hope it was full

On 22 abr, 16:14, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Hi all,
> > > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> > > any /code appreciated,
> > > craig
>
> > Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
> > or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
> > your site?
>
> I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
> 'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.
>
> That kinda thing
>
> Cheers

i'm just thinking
you should add a field in the users table with the "last activity"
timestamp, each time the user clicks on a link you will update this
field.
Then you can establish a period of time that you consider the user
online and doing a simple select with that criteria you are going to
get the number of users online

hope it was full

On 22 Apr, 20:37, Claudio Corlatti <corla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 abr, 16:14, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 22 Apr, 20:09, venti <timgreg...@shieldinvestmentgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 22, 3:05 pm, snowi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > any way to count the number of users i have logged into my site?
> > > > any /code appreciated,
> > > > craig
>
> > > Do you actually have people authenticating with usernames/passwords,
> > > or are you just looking to see how many people (unique users) have hit
> > > your site?
>
> > I have them logging in first, set by a session, so I just want to say
> > 'There are X users logged in' and then list the usernames.
>
> > That kinda thing
>
> > Cheers
>
> i'm just thinking
> you should add a field in the users table with the "last activity"
> timestamp, each time the user clicks on a link you will update this
> field.
> Then you can establish a period of time that you consider the user
> online and doing a simple select with that criteria you are going to
> get the number of users online
>
> hope it was full

Thanks for the comments, but i'm not that good in php yet.
I can read more than i can write,

Anyone got a good tutorial or code i can use?

many Thanks
Crai