[SOLVED] PHP: Detect Page Refresh

PHP: Detect Page Refresh

I have a page action.php on which I run an SQL query through the code, so that whenever the page is viewed the query runs like its like counting page views

<?php
mysqli_query("UPDATE ****");
?>

The problem is when the page is refreshed, the query is run & PAGE REFRESH is counted as a PAGE VIEW which I want to avoid.

Question: How to avoid it ?

What I am looking for is a simple solution so that I can check

if( page was refresh ) //some condition
{
 do
}

Solution

i have solved the problem ... HURRAHHH with no session & no cookies

the solution is a combination of PHP : AJAX : JavaScript

the query that you want to run on Page Load & not on page Refresh run it as via AJAX call lets say my function for doing that is

function runQUERY()
{
    xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlhttp.open("POST","doIT.php",false);
    xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    xmlhttp.send();
}

and i can simply check with Javascript that the page is a fresh load or its a refresh by doing the following

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkRefresh()
{
    if( document.refreshForm.visited.value == "" )
    {           
        // This is a fresh page load
            alert ( 'Fresh Load' );
        document.refreshForm.visited.value = "1";
            ..call you AJAX function here
    }
    else
    {
        // This is a page refresh
        alert ( 'Page has been Refreshed, The AJAX call was not made');

    }
}
</script>    
</head>

<body onLoad="checkRefresh()">

<form name="refreshForm">
<input type="hidden" name="visited" value="" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

and in your doIT.php simple add your PHP code which you were going to put in the normal page

<?php
mysql_query("UPDATE---------");
//put any code here, i won't run on any page refresh
?>