Does anybody know how I can add a web counter written in PHP?

[ghost]

Hello community.

I use a web counter written in PHP called BBClone. I installed the code in the "yellow.php" file, in the root directory. However, if I try to add the code inside other places, like in the "/system/layouts/blog.html" , to track the blog posts, the code does not work, even If I use the two dots to go up to the parent directory ( ../../)
Does anybody know what can I do in this case?

By the way, this is the code that I am trying to use in the blog.html

 <?php
 //------ Counter -----------------------------------
 define("_BBC_PAGE_NAME", "Test");
 define("_BBCLONE_DIR", "bbclone/");
 define("COUNTER", _BBCLONE_DIR."mark_page.php");
 if (is_readable(COUNTER)) include_once(COUNTER);
 ?>

[GiovanniSalmeri]

At first sight BBClone seems very complicated: there are about thirty PHP files alone. Although there is certainly some way to use it within Yellow, it would be a bit strange to use a counter that alone is more complex than the entire CMS: usually Yellow's extensions consist of a single PHP file. Perhaps it would be better to look for a simpler counter first? Also the extension Traffic could perhaps be all that is really needed.

[ghost]

Hi, Mr. Giovanni Salmeri. Thank you for reading my post and for your reply, it means a lot to me. Every week I have questions about how to change this or that in the Yellow CMS, but I avoid to write in the forum because I don't wanna be seen as a vampire, so, I search internet and try to find a solution, basically learning with my mistakes and trying again ... but, in this case, I tried everything I could, that's the reason that I posted my question. Well, I will forget this for a while, and be happy tracking only the main page. I wish you a great week for you and your family. Peace. Alexandre. Em seg., 28 de abr. de 2025, 05:15, GiovanniSalmeri < ***@***.***> escreveu:

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At first sight BBClone seems very complicated: there are about thirty PHP files alone. Although there is certainly some way to use it within Yellow, it would be a bit strange to use a counter that alone is more complex than the entire CMS: usually Yellow's extensions consist of a single PHP file. Perhaps it would be better to look for a simpler counter first? Also the extension Traffic <https://github.com/annaesvensson/yellow-traffic> could perhaps be all that is really needed. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1029 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BAGP4WC6KSGHVH7PKDOMQXL23XPTPAVCNFSM6AAAAAB34VCH3WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEOJWGY4DAOA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[annaesvensson]

What you have done to make the web counter work on the main page, can you copy/paste the code?

[ghost]

What you have done to make the web counter work on the main page, can you copy/paste the code?

Hey, Miss/Mrs. Anna Svensson, Absolutely.

I did not know how to do it, and then I came here last year and asked for help. A user (I don't remeber who), gave me this tip (at that time, I did not care to track the blog posts). I searched for this topic here, but, unfortunately, I did not find it.

Well, here is the code (erase the file yellow.php and paste these lines)

<?php

//------ Counter -----------------------------------
define("_BBCLONE_DIR", "bbclone/");
define("COUNTER", _BBCLONE_DIR."mark_page.php");
if (is_readable(COUNTER)) include_once(COUNTER);

// Datenstrom Yellow, https://github.com/datenstrom/yellow

require("system/workers/core.php");

if (PHP_SAPI!="cli") {
    $yellow = new YellowCore();
    $yellow->load();
    $yellow->request();
} else {
    $yellow = new YellowCore();
    $yellow->load();
    exit($yellow->command());
}

You can also see bbclone in action in my blog powered by Datenstrom Yellow:

http://www.yarns.men

Have a nice week, you and your family.

Alexandre

[annaesvensson]

You can add the following code to the file yellow.php below the line $yellow->request():

define("_BBC_PAGE_NAME", $yellow->page->get("title"));
define("_BBCLONE_DIR", "bbclone/");
define("COUNTER", _BBCLONE_DIR."mark_page.php");
if (is_readable(COUNTER)) include_once(COUNTER);

Apparently you have to set _BBC_PAGE_NAME with a value for each individual page. Every CMS does this a little differently. There is an API for developers, for example $yellow->page->get("title") gives you the page title. Try it out.

[ghost]

Dear developer Anna Svensson, your code worded!!
Thank you very much.
I have noticed that many programmers who make free and open source software add a link to receive a coffee.
Your help is priceless to me, but I would be happy if I could send you 10 dollars for you to buy a coffee... how can I send it? (I live in Brazil).

[annaesvensson]

Brazilian coffee sounds very tempting, I am happy with a thank you.

[ghost]

ok. Thank you again.

[upputter]

Hello Alexandre,

I wanted to add a view counter to specific pages in my blog and may also have a solution for you.

This view counter can be added via the shortcut [counter] to every page. The style-argument hidden will hide the output: [counter hidden].

This code uses the fantastic yellow-settings-file-handling (setTextSettings() and getTextSettings()) to store the information of the requested location (relative path of the page) and counting of views. It will be stored in the file /system/extensions/viewcounter.ini. You may have to create an empty file first - currently I don't know ...

The data will look like:

/blog/ur-spiel: 1333
/blog/jarmo: 903
/blog/der_abgrund: 886
/blog/popelfinger: 1075

You may want to modify the text template $displayText to fit your needs. The placeholder %c% will be the number of views.

Here is my viewcounter.php. Just save it in the folder /system/workers/.

<?php
class YellowViewcounter
{
	const VERSION = "0.0.1";
	public $yellow;
	protected $viewCounterFile = 'viewcounter.ini';
	public function onLoad($yellow)
	{
		$this->yellow = $yellow;
	}

	public function onParseContentElement($page, $name, $text, $attributes, $type)
	{
		$output = null;
		// text template
		$displayText = '<p>Dieser Beitrag wurde %c% mal aufgerufen.</p>';

		list($displayType) = $this->yellow->toolbox->getTextArguments($text);

		if ($name == "counter" && ($type == "block" || $type == "inline") and $page->isActive()) {
			$viewCount = 1;
			$location = $page->getLocation();
			$counterData = $this->loadViewCounter();

			if ($counterData->isExisting($location)) {
				$viewCount = $counterData->get($location) + 1;
				$counterData->set($location, $viewCount);
			} else {
				$counterData->set($location, $viewCount);
			}
			$this->saveViewCounter($counterData);
			$output = str_replace('%c%', $viewCount, $displayText);
		}
		if ($displayType == 'hidden') return null;
		return $output;
	}

	public function saveViewCounter($counterData)
	{
		$fileName = $this->yellow->system->get("coreExtensionDirectory") . $this->viewCounterFile;
		$fileData = $this->yellow->toolbox->readFile($fileName);
		$fileData = $this->yellow->toolbox->setTextSettings($fileData, '', '', $counterData);
		$this->yellow->toolbox->writeFile($fileName, $fileData);
	}

	public function loadViewCounter()
	{
		$fileName = $this->yellow->system->get("coreExtensionDirectory") . $this->viewCounterFile;
		$fileData = $this->yellow->toolbox->readFile($fileName);
		$data = $this->yellow->toolbox->getTextSettings($fileData, '');
		return $data;
	}
}

There is potential to optimize the code (don't count logged in users, etc.), but i fits my need and maybe yours too.

Take care!

[ghost]

Hello upputter!

Thank you for sharing your amazing programmer skills with me and with everybody here.

A great week for you.

Alexandre.