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[Eglute]

Every time when I run my code the result is 1 time. I do not understand why? I imagine that the time should be grow. It should be 1 time, 2 time and so on.
My code is:

<?
$counter=0;
$counter++;
setcookie('counter',$counter);
if(isset($_COOKIE['counter']))
$counter1=$_COOKIE['counter'];
echo $counter1."<br>";
echo "Last visit $counter1 times";
?>

[MarkoKlacar]

Every time when I run my code the result is 1 time. I do not understand why? I imagine that the time should be grow. It should be 1 time, 2 time and so on.
My code is:

<?
$counter=0;
$counter++;
setcookie('counter',$counter);
if(isset($_COOKIE['counter']))
$counter1=$_COOKIE['counter'];
echo $counter1."<br>";
echo "Last visit $counter1 times";
?>

Hi,

Well since your $counter variable is being re-set every time the user visits the site the fact that it always displays '1' is not that strange.

What you should do is check whether the cookie is set or not before you assing $counter a value.

if(isset($_COOKIE['counter'])){
// your code for outputting the value of $counter
}
else{
// create variable $counter and setting the cookie
}

Hope you get it in order.

Cheers