PHP Statistics Counter

Hey,

On ForumPromotion, they have a PHP statistics updater:
and so, I was wondering if that is possible for forumotion, and so, my forum?

Thanks.

Hey,

Yes, we have it on Forumotion.
See the list of variables.

Ah, that would right. Thanks.

Would anyone happen to know how to code it so it will display an image with the stats?

You mean a dynamic image that changes automatically?

Yes, that would be right.

Something you can check on www.histats.com

Sanket wrote:Something you can check on www.histats.com

But it won't show stats of our forums like number of topics, posts, members etc.

I thought he wanted to look for just basic visitors & other stats to be displawed.

No Sanket, I need something like the above image.

Okay dotDavid, i can't see any image

This:


Its a php dynamic image that has some php script on it.

Nevermind, its not appearing for me.

Just to help, here's the link: http://forumpromotion.net/forum/sig.php

You must have something blocking the php script.

I know i saw that link before by quoting the message. I get a website error when i open it. Just images, without css.

Its not going to have a css attached, because its an "image". I don't how its done, but somehow all the coding has been compiled into the image.

dotDavid i don't think you get me, i don't really see the image which you want me to see.

I can see the image.

To make such dynamic images they use GD library with PHP programming.
David, try making a google search on how to produce dynamic images, you might get some useful info.

well you can also use variable from template editing to create a gadget like that.

but I think I'm on the wrong track... if I'm not mistaken that is a sig for a forum that shows the current status of the forum...

I think the fellows above are correct, you'd have to find out how to make a php sig first.

OK, here's a test.

Posts: 1088595, Topics: 151170, Members: 110692

I guess I'm not sure what the problem is here...the information you want is readily available, and it can be displayed exactly the way you want using BBCode [table][/table] tags and setting the info on top of a background image.

Ahhhh...BBCode tags...I'm happy now.

Oh, the forumotion techs actually have a sense of humor -- use the USERNAME variable on this forum and preview the post!

ok dion ... nice...

but ... lets say my site is tealeafgraphics ...

I type out the variables in my sig... on TLG all is cool... if I take that sig to dailymobile.se ... then it won't show the info.

if you take it to another forumotion board it'll show that sites stats.
the php sig shows stats from your site no matter where you post the sig

If what you're after is information to be dynamically displayed on a forum other than your own, then you'll need SSI capability and forumotion isn't ever going to have that capability (nor IMO should they).

I suppose the best one could do is take daily screen captures of the image I described above, and link to that image in signatures elsewhere. Just make sure to update the image as opposed to creating new images. In that way you could create signatures elsewhere that will be updated when the image is updated.

I don't think forumotion supports image updating through servimg or the galleries, so one would need to find a third-party host that allows image updating.

@ankillien, I've been trying to do that.

@Jalokim, Within the forum its ok, but using it as a sig on another forum doesn't work.

@Dion, only works for the forum. I am looking for something like that image above. It automatically updates when there are new members, posts and topics.

Some thing like this would work??

Posts : 1088595 | Topics : 151170 | Members : 110692

It is just simple BBCodes, background image and PHP variables on it.

Yes, but I can't use that anywhere else.

Ok.

I know how PHP can generate dynamic images but I don't know how can it grab the stats from your forum and display as an image

I don't think it is possible on forumotion.

Are you 100% sure that its impossible?

I wrote:I guess I'm not sure what the problem is here...the information you want is readily available, and it can be displayed exactly the way you want using BBCode [table][/table] tags and setting the info on top of a background image.

Ahhhh...BBCode tags...I'm happy now.

I wrote:If what you're after is information to be dynamically displayed on a forum other than your own, then you'll need SSI capability and forumotion isn't ever going to have that capability (nor IMO should they).

I suppose the best one could do is take daily screen captures of the image I described above, and link to that image in signatures elsewhere. Just make sure to update the image as opposed to creating new images. In that way you could create signatures elsewhere that will be updated when the image is updated.

I don't think forumotion supports image updating through servimg or the galleries, so one would need to find a third-party host that allows image updating.

I think this pretty much sums it up. Ankillien wrote up the BBCode I suggested, and you could modify it for your own use. You could then do daily screen captures of the image, update it on a third-party site, and link to the updated image in signatures.

That's the best you will EVER get from hosted sites -- and it's not limited to forumotion. I am not aware of any that allow SSI/PHP access. FYI: there is a reason that PNG image has a .PHP extension!