Program 10: Write a PHP program to store page views count in SESSION, to increment the count on each refresh, and to show the count on web page.

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Tags used:

 session_start() - Start new session or resume existing session

Code:

10.php

 <?php
    #start session
    session_start();
    #check if session exists
    if(isset($_SESSION['count'])) {
        echo "Pageviews: " .$_SESSION['count'];
        #increment the count
        $_SESSION['count']++;
    }
    else {
        #if no session exists
        $_SESSION['count']=1;
        echo "Pageviews" .$_SESSION['count'];
    }
 ?>

Output:

Steps for checking output-

• Save the .php file in the folder /var/www
• Change the file permission of the PHP file by running the command sudo chmod 777 10.php
• Open a browser and in the address bar type localhost/10.php
• The output is displayed on the browser with the last visit time. On sucessive refresh, the timestamp gets updated.

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