From Webalizer to PHP

Is there any way to get stats from Webalizer

[twist]

I want to add a hit counter to a footer.php file. I want to add a small piece of text at the bottom of every page saying how many times that page has been viewed.

I am switching to a new host in a couple of months. In a email they told me that mysql databases can't be used for hit counters. I asked them why. They told me that page count information is already generated by a Cron job and it could be used to create the counter info. He said once I sign up he would show me how to do it.

My current webhost uses webalizer, which I know very little about. Webalizer Ver. 2.01-10. I wasn't to get my website set up to start using counters, but I have no idea how to get the information from Webalizer to php. I can open up webalizer in my browser and see how many hits each has gotten.

I am sure this has probably already been covered, but any help, including a link would be great.

If there is a better program that I can install on I would love to hear about it.

Thanx

[dcrombie]

Mysql databases clearly CAN be used for hit counters but I guess they want you to use their CGI script installed that does the same thing using less resources?

You don't want to try extracting page counts from webalizer - for one thing I don't think the data you need is there.

[jatar_k]

You could just use a textfile and read and write the number there.

[twist]

You could just use a textfile and read and write the number there.

I have over 1000 pages and growing otherwise I would use this method. I really need a good stats program that will let me grab this info.

[jatar_k]

You could look through the Tracking and Logging [webmasterworld.com] Forum. There are discussions about tracking programs.

You could also try hotscripts.com to see if they have anything there.

I have used flatfile trackers on very busy sites with more pages. Why do you want to show it on the bottom of every page? I don't really put much stock in the counters on sites, but that's just me.

If your new host is going to show you how why not just wait until then?

[Zygimantas]

You can read usage_thismonth.html file in webalizer's folder and extract required values.
If you need performance, use cron to read webalizer stats every 5 minutes and write to special file for easier processing in the future.

[twist]

You can read usage_thismonth.html file in webalizer's folder and extract required values.
If you need performance, use cron to read webalizer stats every 5 minutes and write to special file for easier processing in the future.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

[jatar_k]

nice Zygimantas,

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