[Done 1.3.9] Counter History, Sessions and Spiders

[CJPinder]

Hi,

I seem to be getting some weird behaviour with the Counter History in Zen Cart v1.3.7. Can anyone verify the following for me:

1. The first column in the Counter History on the admin screen counts 'sessions'.
2. Setting 'Prevent Spider Sessions' to True stops spiders from getting a session.
3. Given the above two conditions, spiders should not be recorded in the Counter History.

Trouble is, it looks as if spiders are triggering the increase of the Session Counter in the Counter History.

Is it just me?

Kind regards,
Christian.

[CJPinder]

I've had look in includes/counter.php and it is a bit of a mess. It looks as if a spider without a session will actually increase the session counter on every page access.

The quickest fix I can think of for the moment is just to enclose all the code in counter.php with if (session_id() != '') {} . Urrgh.

Hope that helps.
Christian.

[CJPinder]

This bug still exists in v1.3.8, any chance of a fix in v1.4?...I'll say please...

Regards,
Christian.

[mamasylvia]

I'll add a "please, please, pretty please." I really need to know how many visitors are actually coming to my site and how many (and, ideally, which) pages they are looking at before leaving or buying. I love Zen's many capabilities but this one is sadly lacking.

[DrByte]

Lotsa improvements coming :)

[DrByte]

In the meantime, the following adjustment may provide the relief you're seeking:

/includes/application_top.php
around line 111 (depending on your version) is this block of code:

/**
 * load the counter code
**/
// counter and counter history
  require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'counter.php');

Change it to this instead:

/**
 * load the counter code
**/
if ($spider_flag == false) {
// counter and counter history
  require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'counter.php');
}