code to tell me of download

[FROGGYJ]

Hi,

I know there is a way to do this however I need some help. I basically want to be notified any time that someone clicks on a download link. Perhaps email notification or something. Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction with this?

[bob_99]

Hi,

I suggest as a 1st step that you try hotscripts to see if they have a script to do this.

If you need to write your own, here's an outline of the code (PHP):

Create a file download.php

For your download links use something like download.php?file-name.jpg

When the user clicks on the download link the code in download.php would mail you a notification of the file name & start the download using a header command.

I hope this helps,

Bob

Originally Posted by FROGGYJ

Hi,

I know there is a way to do this however I need some help. I basically want to be notified any time that someone clicks on a download link. Perhaps email notification or something. Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction with this?

[paulhiles]

You didn't mention what platform you're using, so I've presumed you're PHP enabled. There are plenty of scripts available that log the number of file downloads using a simple counter, there are also scripts that allow you to email the visitor a link to download the file.. so far I've not come across one that emails the site admin each time a file is downloaded... hmmm, must be a reason for this, eh? ;o)

Anyways, have a look through this selection from Hotscripts.com

[bob_99]

I have a client with hundreds of downloads each day. The script I wrote for him stores information about each download in a MySQL database & at 1 am every morning a cron job mails download reports to management.

I haven't seen a script that sends a mail for each download but once you start executing PHP for a download click there are a lot of ways to use that information.

Bob

Originally Posted by paulhiles

You didn't mention what platform you're using, so I've presumed you're PHP enabled. There are plenty of scripts available that log the number of file downloads using a simple counter, there are also scripts that allow you to email the visitor a link to download the file.. so far I've not come across one that emails the site admin each time a file is downloaded... hmmm, must be a reason for this, eh? ;o)

Anyways, have a look through this selection from Hotscripts.com

[paulhiles]

Obviously it makes sense to implement a means of monitoring downloads, and making a log of the number of downloads, along with other visitor information... is really useful.

I just don't think you need to send an email each and every time a download is made.. which is what the original post requested.

[kikkertm]

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You could just use an external web statistics service. www.fxcounters.com (just to name one) provides full web site statistics and you can also track downloads. It's free.
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