What are some ways to track downloads on a website using PHP?

To track downloads on a website using PHP, you can create a PHP script that logs each download request to a database or a log file. This script can be called whenever a user clicks on a download link, allowing you to keep track of the number of downloads for each file. 

// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "downloads";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Log download request
$file_id = $_GET['file_id']; // Assuming the file ID is passed in the URL
$sql = "INSERT INTO downloads (file_id, download_time) VALUES ('$file_id', NOW())";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Download logged successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error logging download: " . $conn->error;
}

$conn->close();

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