PHP Hit Counter

Simple hit counter for tracking website traffic, using PHP (PDO) and a MySQL database to store information.

Features

• Track hits per page
• Track total hits
• Track total unique visitors
• Track IP, user agent, and timestamp information
• View consolidated information with tables and graphs

Usage

Add this snippet to the page you want to track:

require_once('conn.php');
require_once('counter.php');

updateCounter("page name"); // Updates page hits
updateInfo(); // Updates hit info

Installation notes

Tested with PHP 5.4.16 and MySQL 5.1.72

• Make sure you have PHP Data Objects (PDO) enabled.
• Open up conn.php and add your database information where required.
• Run install.php. A message will be displayed if the installation was successful.
• Delete install.php.
• Add relevant code to the page you wish to track.
• Open view.php to view consolidated information (last 10 IP entries will displayed).

Known issues

• Dygraphs fails to render for datasets with a large amount of points.

Acknowledgements

• Inspired by PHP - Page hit counter
• Includes the Dygraphs open source JavaScript library for graph rendering