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Asked: 2026-06-17T19:42:49+00:00

I have a reports table where i count hits by just using the code

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I have a reports table where i count hits by just using the code below.

// Get hits
    $hits_query = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `reports` WHERE `stuff_id` = ".$row->id."");
    $fetch_hits = mysql_fetch_array($hits_query);
    $hits = $fetch_hits['count'];

That code works great and does exactly what i want but what i want now is how to get unique hits?

In my reports table i store every access so theres multiple log for each user base on the stuff_id . In my reports table I store the date as 01-23-2013 on each report, along with the user ip and stuffed which every 24 hours change from 2 to 1.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need a field that uniquely identifies the user. I am going to assume for my example that it is user_ip. Change this:

    $hits_query = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `reports` WHERE `stuff_id` = ".$row->id."");

    To this:

    $hits_query = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT `user_ip`) AS `count` FROM `reports` WHERE `stuff_id` = ".$row->id."");

    NOTE: mysql library will be deprecated as of PHP 5.5 and removed in future versions of PHP. It would be a good idea to start planning a migration away from it.

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