Wil — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:32:04 +0000

Oh, right! That's simple enough! Sorry, I thought the user was asking how do I do a "Who's Online" script, like naming logged users such as the one on this front page (I think - haven't looked in a while). That would be impossible without some sort of seshions.

Peter J. Boettcher — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:13:18 +0000

You don't really know who's online, only that there is someone online. It can be a little deceiving, for example, I could open 2 browser windows and browse the site, and it would say "2 users online" when there's really only one. It would be more accurate to say "2 current connections to the web service".

Wil — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:47:21 +0000

But how can you know who's online if you don't use some sort of seshions? No one is 'logged in' anywhere?

Brandon — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:03:57 +0000

heres one to check out.

http://ss.animetrek.com/UzerzOnlyne.php

Peter J. Boettcher — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 20:57:39 +0000

Add this to your Application_OnStart in global.asa

Application("CurrentUsers") = 0

Add this to your Session_OnStart in global.asa

Application.Lock
Application("CurrentUsers") = Application("CurrentUsers") + 1
Application.Unlock

Add this to your Session_OnEnd in global.asa

Application.Lock
Application("CurrentUsers") = Application("CurrentUsers") - 1
Application.Unlock

Then to display this on a page just put

<?php
=Application("CurrentUsers")
?>

Brykess — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 20:45:37 +0000

How can u do this in asp? What script would u use?

Peter J. Boettcher — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 13:31:37 +0000

Its quite easy to do what you want in ASP, I'm not sure how to achieve this in perl though, sorry.

Wil — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 09:46:40 +0000

What exactly do you mean how many people are online? Are these people logged into a paticular system in anyway? Are you running a database with seshion cookies maybe?

Or are you simply just displaying a flat page and want to show who's online (without anyone logging in), therefore impossible?

Cheers

Brykess — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 23:57:34 +0000

Yes, sorry, I am using perl.

Peter J. Boettcher — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 21:35:28 +0000

We'll need to know what scripting language you're using...