I have made a simple site that generates random number. I want to record how many times a specific number comes up.
Is there anyway I can use javascript to write to a Local .txt File on the server?
or do I have to learn PHP?
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how are you planning to recird the specific number? – brk Oct 03 '16 at 04:50
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Assuming it needs to work for many users [Node.JS](https://nodejs.org/en/) can, either way some language server-side will be needed. – Spencer Wieczorek Oct 03 '16 at 04:51
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Possible duplicate of [Javascript save data to file system (with user prompt)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15212240/javascript-save-data-to-file-system-with-user-prompt) – Cine Oct 03 '16 at 04:52
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"_Local .txt File on the server_" What is that? – Teemu Oct 03 '16 at 04:58
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If you want to keep track of the number of times a random number comes up for a single client/browser, you can use localStorage. If you want to keep track of the number of times the random number occurs across all executions, you'll need some sort of server-side processing.
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1You want to use `localStorage`, `sessionStorage` will be gone once the browser is closed. – Spencer Wieczorek Oct 03 '16 at 04:53
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If you want to avoid any server side processing and this data is critical then you can try GoogleAnalytics code to capture and analyaze the randomly generated data.
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