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As ever, you use this free program at your own risk.
Feel free to use the software on this site but please honor the copyright.
This page provides an overview of our download counter PHP scripts which implements a way of counting how many times a
file was downloaded from a website.
This will enable statistics to be gathered for analysis. This information is captured and stored in a SQL table.
The majority of the code is written in PHP, however, there is also some sample HTML provided to
show how to test the facility and also an example of displaying the counter statistics.
We have a zip file that contains all of the collateral available here.
There are several pre-requisites for the implementation of the code these are:
- An SQL type database (i.e. MySQL) This is for holding the download counter table. Normally this should be part of the webhosting platform that you are using.
- PHP needs to be available (This also should be part of the webhosting platform).
- All the PHP and INC files should be file transferred to your web server.
- All the PHP and INC files must be in the same folder/directory, with the exception of the test TXT file. This should
reside in your chosen download directory as a test sample.
- You will need an unzip utility as the facility is distributed as a zip file. We
recommend 7-zip.
Please read the Implementation Guide for full details on how to install and implement the Download counter facility.
The facility comprises of the following components:
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Download Counter
zip file |
This zip file contains all the collateral (6 files) needed for the Download Counter
facility. It should be downloaded, and then unzipped. The file also contains the Implementation document.
The contents of the zip file are:
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DownloadCounter
Implementation.pdf |
This is the Download Counter implementation guide document. (click the
link below to download just the document) |
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Downloader.inc |
This is the include file that contains the required
database login information, table name to use and download directory definition. |
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Downloader.php |
This is the main webpage that should be called to increment the counters.
it will then download the passed filename. |
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DownloaderTest.php |
This is the webpage that can be used to test the facility. It is not
intended to be used in any production system. |
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ListCounters.php |
This is a sample page that will display the contents of the
download counters table. |
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TestDocument.txt |
This is a sample dowload file that can be placed under the
download directory to test the facility. |
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Implementation
Guide |
This is the link to Download Counter implementation guide.
This manual will describe how to implement and use the Download Counter facility |
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Click the PDF logo to download the Implementation Guide as a PDF |
