I've tried many, haven't liked any.

What I am looking for is a way to show the viewer how many times a file has been downloaded on the same page, by the actual link of the download in question.

I don't need a 'most popular downloads' list. I don't need a 'top ten downloads' list. And I do not need to generate a page of every single file I have and how many times it was downloaded.

I only need a simple textual way to show how many times a file was downloaded. I do tend to prefer PHP over cgi and have access to mySQL databases and anything else I may need.

Here's where I have had problems.

Some scripts require that the files to be downloaded are in a single directory. Well that cannot work for me as I have literally 100's of files in various subfolders of a password protected folder.

Other scripts require SSI and that would mean I would need to convert my entire site to shtml and I do not want to do that. We're talking 100's of pages here.

Lastly, the majority of scripts require an a href change to reflect the path to the script and then the file as some kind of extension. Well that'd be ok, but again, that'd be changing hundreds (maybe thousands?!) of links. And in most cases, creating an insanely long URL in my html code.

While I don't necissarily want every single download to show how many times it was downloaded, there are some certain files I really would like to know, specifically, how many times it was downloaded. Even on what day or when.

So, if anyone reading this has a solution or suggestion for me I would be very greatful! I am willing to pay a modest fee for a script someone can make if no one knows of one that will suit my needs.

Certainly visit my site (link below) to get a better idea on the way I have my downloads set up.

Warm Regards,
Shannon, aka LadyLarke

It's going to be almost impossible to do it without changing the URLs or the names of the files. The only way that I can think of without doing that (which is, strangely enough, actually the most accurate solution) is to use your web server log files (if you have access). This will tell you all the requests and free software such as Analog will analyse them for you.

the CPanel web logs really don't count the downloads for me

go to: http://dev.nexen.net/scripts/ and look you will find what you want

thanks, but most of the pages are in french. I don't speak french