You Last Visited PHP Script

By Angela Bradley, About.com Guide

 <?php 
 if(isset($_COOKIE['AboutVisit'])) 
 { 
 $last = $_COOKIE['AboutVisit']; } 
 $year = 31536000 + time() ; 
 //this adds one year to the current time, for the cookie expiration 
 setcookie(AboutVisit, time (), $year) ; 
 if (isset ($last)) 
 { 
 $change = time () - $last; 
 if ( $change > 86400) 
 { 
 echo "Welcome back! <br> You last visited on ". date("m/d/y",$last) ; 
 // Tells the user when they last visited if it was over a day ago 
 } 
 else 
 { 
 echo "Thanks for using our site!"; 
 //Gives the user a message if they are visiting again in the same day 
 } 
 } 
 else 
 { 
 echo "Welcome to our site!"; 
 //Greets a first time user 
 } 
 ?> 

More information about how this script works, and what each section does is on the following pages.

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• Setting and Retrieving the Cookie
• Welcome Back
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