Posted by Hadron on 07/15/07 00:21

Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> writes:

> .oO(Ciaran)
>
>>Hi I've seen this a few places - The site lists off the number of
>>people (not logged in) currently browsing the site. How can I do this
>>with php / mySQL please?
>
> You can use rand().
>
> Such "statistics" are never accurate. HTTP is a stateless protocol,
> there's no such thing like a "currently online user". A user comes,
> sends a request, gets a response and is gone. Next request, next user.
>
> Micha

So you clearly have no clue.

PHP maintains sessions and the user can be logged for that duration and
therefore only counted once.

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