using cookie

[usm]

Hello,
I want record the visitors ip address and how many time they access my website
but the problem that if the visitor behind firewall, so all I'll get a hundreds of visits from the same IP address
so I thought about using cookie ,
first I'll search for my cookie and if found, it add 1 to the counter
otherwise it create a new cookie
but for some reason the code not working, it always create a new cookie!!
is this the right way to do it? Thanks for your HELP

<?php


if(isset($_COOKIE['info']))
  {
  $cookieValue = $_COOKIE['info'];
  $query =	"update cookie
                    set count = count +1
                    where cookie_name='$cookieValue';";
  $result = shoot_query($query);
  }
else
  {
  $ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
  $expireDate = time()+3600*24*365*10; //year
  $cookieValue = uniqid (rand(),true);
  $cookieValue = str_replace(".", "", "$cookieValue");
  setcookie(info, $cookieValue, $expireDate);

  $query =	"INSERT INTO cookie (count, cookie_name, ip_address, date) VALUES
  		 	(1, '$cookieValue', '$ip', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP());";
  $result = shoot_query($query);
  }


?>

[wrivera]

Hello,
I want record the visitors ip address and how many time they access my website
but the problem that if the visitor behind firewall, so all I'll get a hundreds of visits from the same IP address
so I thought about using cookie ,
first I'll search for my cookie and if found, it add 1 to the counter
otherwise it create a new cookie
but for some reason the code not working, it always create a new cookie!!
is this the right way to do it? Thanks for your HELP

<?php


if(isset($_COOKIE['info']))
  {
  $cookieValue = $_COOKIE['info'];
  $query =	"update cookie
                    set count = count +1
                    where cookie_name='$cookieValue';";
  $result = shoot_query($query);
  }
else
  {
  $ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
  $expireDate = time()+3600*24*365*10; //year
  $cookieValue = uniqid (rand(),true);
  $cookieValue = str_replace(".", "", "$cookieValue");
  setcookie(info, $cookieValue, $expireDate);

  $query =	"INSERT INTO cookie (count, cookie_name, ip_address, date) VALUES
  		 	(1, '$cookieValue', '$ip', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP());";
  $result = shoot_query($query);
  }


?>

setcookie("info", $cookieValue, $expireDate);

your cookie is not named with the string "info" so it never finds it.

[usm]

yes you're right thanks
but it behave different between Firefox and internet Explorer
in Firefox it alwayes creates new one but when I view the cookie information it's not there
do you have any idea why??

[wrivera]

try refreshing because php is server side so browsers should not be an issue.