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Detect Online Users With PHP
// You must have seen on some sites displaying the number of users online, this scripts exactly does that it displays number of users currently browsing your site.
<?php
$server = "xxx";
$db_user = "xxx";
$db_pass = "xxx";
$database = "xxx";
$db = mysql_connect($server, $db_user,$db_pass);
mysql_select_db($database,$db);
$timeoutseconds = 300; //5 minutes
$timestamp = time();
$timeout = $timestamp-$timeoutseconds;
$insert = mysql_query("INSERT INTO useronline VALUES ('$timestamp','$REMOTE_ADDR','$PHP_SELF')",$db);
if(!($insert)) {
print "Useronline Insert Failed > ";
}
$delete = mysql_query("DELETE FROM useronline WHERE timestamp<$timeout",$db);
if(!($delete)) {
print "Useronline Delete Failed > ";
}
$result = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT ip FROM useronline WHERE file='$PHP_SELF'",$db);
if(!($result)) {
print "Useronline Select Error > ";
}
$user = mysql_num_rows($result);
mysql_close();
if($user == 1) {
print("$user user online\n");
} else {
print("$user users online\n");
}
?>
//The table structure
CREATE TABLE useronline (
timestamp int(15) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
ip varchar(40) NOT NULL,
file varchar(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (timestamp),
KEY ip (ip),
KEY file (file)
);





