Track Site Visits

PHP
1

Hi,

I have a simple page counter on my php webpage.
Each time a user visits, a counter is incremented and stored in a database.

How do I ensure that these are unique visits and not incremented each time a user refreshes a page?

Thanks.

2

Hi,
How do I use this? Any examples? I log the user visit in database table.

Thanks!!

3

Store a cookie indicating, ‘counted’.

4

The site is to be accessible so cookies may be switched off.

5

Then use native PHP sessions, or failing that, store the IP address. However, bear in mind that many organisations and even households can share the same external IP address.