JavaScript Counter

[sebr1ng]

Hello guys,

I'm trying to do JS counter and I have found the thread here: http://bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/153258-increase-displayed-variable-after-clicking-button

The problem is, that when I refresh page the counter is reset.

What I want ideally is this:

Counter starts at 0, when the button is pushed the first time, the counter goes to 1. When the button is pushed the second time, the counter goes to 2, and similary to 3. When the button is pushed the 4th time the counter should go back to 0.

Thank you very much!

[Rabbit]

Javascript values do not carry through a page reload. If you need to retain the value, you need to either store it in a cookie, store it in a session variable using server side scripting or store it in a database using server side scripting.

[sebr1ng]

Thanks for your reply!
I'm a total newbie at this, do you maybe have some examples of the options you suggested - session variables...? I'd grately appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Rabbit]

First you have to pick and learn a server side scripting language. But be sure to install that scripting engine on the web server. If your web host doesn't have it and won't allow it to be installed, then you're out of luck on the server scripting front.