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setting up a database for tracking which users have clicked which links?

I would like to know a way that I can keep track of user come in and out of my webpage,
for example:
user come in to my website’s “some_page”, or exit my website’s “some_page”, or exit my website.

Perhaps i can set a variable in php to keep track of this?
(Know exactly which page my user is located kind of idea)
Could you provide a method or code to tackle this action?

Answer 1

You can pass a query string on each page or set a variable. Like for example you have a var $urlId, then you pass a value Home.php…

                public function visitedPage()
                {
                    $urlId = 'Home.php'; 
                    if ($urlId)
                    {
                        $count = 1;
                        $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 
                        $page = array(
                            'page' => $urlId, 'ip' => $ip, 'count' => $count, 
                        );
                        return $page;
                    }
                }

You can save to your DB -> $urlID or the page.

You can save to your DB -> $ip of the user – which is u can determine the unique visitors etc… you can add additional function to that.

You can save to your DB -> $count… “edit this part”. add additional function or method to automatically increment the count once the user visited again the site/page. You will know how many times he visited the page/site. You can determine if same user or not via IP.

Hope this little idea will help.