Hello all Python programmers,
I am new to python, although I have read lots and learnt lots considering the amount of time that I have been trying.

I was wondering if it is possible to create a web counter in python. I was just looking through the things like:

f = open("somefile.txt")
f = write('Some text that this will write')
f = close

and other functions alike.

Is it possible to do something like this PHP code:

<?php
//Open data
$datafile = file("hits.txt");

// Find out how many hits
$hits = datafile[0];

// Add one
$hits++;

// File handle
$filehandle = fopen("$datafile", 'w');

// Write new hit number
fwrite($filehandle, $hits);

// Save file
fclose($filehandle);

?>

hits.txt

0

in python.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Alex.

Saving a hit counter in a file is the worst solution. There will be concurrency problems without very good solutions.

The correct approach is to store the hits in a database.

Create the hit_log table:

create table hit_log (hit_time timestamp default current_timestamp);

The hit adder:

import psycopg2 as db

connection = db.connect('host=localhost dbname=test user=user password=password')
cursor = connection.cursor()

query = 'insert into hit_log default values'
cursor.execute(query)

cursor.close()
connection.commit()
connection.close()

To query the hit_log table:

select count(*) from hit_log where hit_time::date = '2006-12-11'::date;

The samples use the postgresql database. Translate it to your database.