AOL detector code

[fuzzy]

Hey Christina,

Some time ago you mentioned that you have a separate SC project for AOL users, which are counted differently from other users via a javascript. Care to share it? (again?)

[webado]

For that you need php and for your pages to be parsed as php.

I keep the regular code in one file named, say, counter-non-aol.html.
I have the code I use for AOL visitors in a nother file called counter-non-aol.html .

My web page itself is suiffixed as php (or html and parsed as php).

At the spot in the source code of my web page where I want to insert Statcounter code I have something like this:

<?php

$ipaddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$hostname = gethostbyaddr($ipaddress);
if ($hostname === '')
{ $hostname = $ipaddress ;}
$findme = 'aol';
$posfound = strpos($hostname, $findme);

if ($posfound === false) {
// the counter for non-aol users
include("counter-non-aol.html");

}
else {
// the counter for AOL users
include("counter-aol.html");
}

?>

I could optionally decide to not even bother tracking AOL users:

<?php

$ipaddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$hostname = gethostbyaddr($ipaddress);
if ($hostname === '')
{ $hostname = $ipaddress ;}
$findme = 'aol';
$posfound = strpos($hostname, $findme);

if ($posfound === false) {
// the counter for non-aol users
include("counter-non-aol.html");

}
// no else - it's a waste of time tracking aol users.
?>

You can bundle that code in a file called, say, counter.php use just this in your web page:

<?php include("counter.php"); ?>

If your web page is already suffixed as .shtml you don't have to have it parsed as php and you can use this instead:

<!--#include virtual="counter.php"-->

[fuzzy]

Thanks Christina. As I'm not quite ready to jump into php, I guess that will have to wait. Might play with it in the 3um though... someday!

[fuzzy]

Old OLD topic -- but I finally decided to use it. Thanks again, Christina!