# User online script

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-online-script/55951>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 29, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-online-script/55951 "2004-06-29T12:21:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![strong\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@strong\_storm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/strong_storm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-online-script/55951/1 "2004-06-29T12:21:48Z")

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How to make user online script with php and txt file?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-online-script/55951/2 "2004-07-08T03:47:12Z")

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well you will have to write to a text file and add the user after that its simply a way of reading that textfile however this would be better and easyer ( lots smaller to ) with a database

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-online-script/55951/3 "2004-07-08T03:49:42Z")

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[http://www.spoono.com/php/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=16](http://www.spoono.com/php/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=16) but uses mysql, but it should work better that way