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1user Novice May 15, 2001, 4:58 PM Post #1 of 5 (6742 views) users online script wanted Can't Post Where and what is the script that some sites use that say "you are one user of X currently browsing" I have looked high and dry for a script like this and can't find one. Are these sites just bulling and that html'd in their page or is there a script out there that shows users online in real time???

randor User May 16, 2001, 7:14 AM Post #2 of 5 (6736 views) Re: users online script wanted [In reply to] Can't Post as far as i know it is not possible to do such a thing in perl, the best solution would be to use cookies in perl, but even then you could not be that accurate. you might want to look into a javascript program, it seems i remember some function that can be used to alert a script when someone closes the window, which in theory might work, but unfortunatly my javascript is just not that good. hope this helps.

Jasmine Administrator May 16, 2001, 8:07 AM Post #3 of 5 (6734 views) Re: users online script wanted [In reply to] Can't Post Actually, it is doable ( and quite simple ) in Perl. Log the users by IP and time Count the last x users that have been on the site during the last 5 minutes or so ( and take a moment to throw away old log lines ) Display the count. I'm in the middle of a project right now, or I would have just done it. Perhaps someone else can write the program...?

randor User May 16, 2001, 8:14 AM Post #4 of 5 (6733 views) Re: users online script wanted [In reply to] Can't Post yes, but the problem with that is that say you have a site where users are only there a short period of time, if you get 500 hits in 5 minutes, but 380 of them leave within 30 seconds, then your "count" is off by 380, i dont see that as a reliable way of doing it, i believe that for my money i would want more accuracy, so i do stand by my words, but i also understand that for some projects this accuracy is not nessesary, so i do understand your thoughts also. Randor

1user Novice May 16, 2001, 9:05 PM Post #5 of 5 (6721 views) Re: users online script wanted [In reply to] Can't Post The sites I've been to if go back and forth thru their pages the counts different each time. I think there is a php script out there that does this, but how would I be able to call it from a .shtml page? Is there an extension that will call both php and cgi?

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