Posted by Ben on 11/14/47 11:33

MikeL said the following on 11/30/2005 11:39 AM:
> Is there a way to incorporate some type of time in a page to track the
> duration of time each individual visitor spent on a specific page with ..PHP?
>
> I know I can keep a counter with JavaScript, but I would like it to keep
> track in my stats file.
>
> I can track & log the arrival time, but would like to either track the page
> exit time, too. It would be great to convert it to minutes:seconds for time
> spent viewing the page.
>
> I only want to track how much time someone spends on my index.php page
> before they leave the page. I can track when they click to the next page in
> my site.

You can only track the amount of time between page/file loads within
your own site. Record the time when a page loads and then when the
person loads another page on your site you can compare the times to
figure out how long they were on the previous page.

There is no reliable way to record if they leave your stie for another
site or close their browser.

- Ben

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