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PHP User online tutorial
PHP User online tutorial
This tutorial show you php script that count how many users are active on your site.  
 
Overview
In this tutorial create 1 file
1. user_online.php

Step
1. Create table "user_online" in mysql in database "test".
2. Create file user_online.php.

Create table "user_online"


CREATE TABLE `user_online` (
`session` char(100) NOT NULL default '',
`time` int(11) NOT NULL default '0'
) TYPE=MyISAM;




Create file - user_online.php

############### Code

<?
session_start();
$session=session_id();
$time=time();
$time_check=$time-600; //SET TIME 10 Minute

$host="localhost"; // Host name
$username=""; // Mysql username
$password=""; // Mysql password
$db_name="test"; // Database name
$tbl_name="user_online"; // Table name

// Connect to server and select databse
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect to server");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE session='$session'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

$count=mysql_num_rows($result);

if($count=="0"){
$sql1="INSERT INTO $tbl_name(session, time)VALUES('$session', '$time')";
$result1=mysql_query($sql1);
}
else {
"$sql2=UPDATE $tbl_name SET time='$time' WHERE session = '$session'";
$result2=mysql_query($sql2);
}

$sql3="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result3=mysql_query($sql3);

$count_user_online=mysql_num_rows($result3);

echo "User online : $count_user_online ";

// if over 10 minute, delete session
$sql4="DELETE FROM $tbl_name WHERE time<$time_check";
$result4=mysql_query($sql4);

mysql_close();

// Open multiple browser page for result
?>

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