Hi Carlos,
I did a quick Google search for unique visitor counter and unique visitor counter in php and found a large assortment of possible solutions.
Many rely on cookies and determine uniqueness based on time intervals but there are other approaches as well.
Give it a try.
Jerry Kornbluth
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