PHP hit counter - bug/problem

[WayneM]

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I've installed PHP hit counter and it works fine. Thanks!

However, here's a problem that might need some looking into.

It seems that if you enter the url of the script in a browser,
ex: http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php

The script will execute and increase the log counter.

If someone really wants to be a pest, they can enter urls like:
http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php?page=index1
http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php?page=index2
http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php?page=index3
http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php?page=index4
http/www.yourwebsite.com/counter.php?page=index5
and so on....

That will create .log files on your server.

I've correctly enabled the HTTP referer validation in the script, and it still allows this kind of direct url abuse.

[Klemen]

If no HTTP referer is set the counter will allow execution (because many browsers can be setup not to give away HTTP referer info), but you can disable that by changing

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	if ($check_referer == 1 && !(empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])))
	{
		check_referer($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
	}

to

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	if ($check_referer)
	{
		check_referer($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
	}

[WayneM]

Excellent.

Thank you again for the great script and your helpful support