What is wrong with simply using the log files. Seems to me this is a lot of excess overhead for very little data. A low end log analyzer will provide this same info and much more. (and possibly free... such as HTTP Analyze - http://www.netstore.de/Supply/http-analyze/)
olinux --- "SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Make sure you are locking the file if you do this, > > With a high amount of traffic text based counters > don't usually work too > well because you have to deal with contention, what > if two users view a page > at the same time, you will run into a corrupt or > inaccurate number. > > If you do file locking do you display an error > asking them to refresh or do > you handle it some other way? This becomes apparent > especially with higher > traffic sites like he was talking about. > > You may well be best off using a database, either > that or invest some > serious thought into how you are going to handle > multiple clients loading > pages. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] counter for HIGH traffic site > > > If it should be fast, > avoid using mysql, just write a file with your > number, > if there´s a new request, get your number, add one > and write it back. > So you avoid mysql-"SQL parsing", opening Database, > searching data, > send to process, php putting in var....... > just open, read, add, write, close > HTH Oliver > At 08.04.2002 14:32, you wrote: > > > >You might also want to setup the table your > updating the hits in > >as a HASH type table which runs completely in RAM, > and as a result > >is extremely fast. The only obvious downside, is > the data (or hits in this > >case) > >are lost on reboot. > > > >Adam Voigt > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:41:39 -0700, Jim Lucas [php] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > as long as you are only inserting information > into the mysql db on each > > page > > > load, then you shouldn't have a problem. make > sure you keep you > indecies > > > down to a minimum. > > > > > > Jim Lucas > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Craig Westerman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "php-general-list" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:57 PM > > > Subject: [PHP] counter for HIGH traffic site > > > > > > > > > > I'm needing counter for site that receives 60 > to 80 hits a minute. > Many I > > > > have tried cause excessive server load and > need to be deactivated or > they > > > > lose data and return to zero without warning. > All tried so far have > been > > > > written in Perl. > > > > > > > > Anyone here know of a PHP counter that would > handle HIGH traffic with > > > little > > > > added server load? Would using MySQL to store > count be of any benifit? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Craig ><> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
