• Create a directory for the poll to reside. This can be your root web directory if so desired.
• Unzip the files included in the .zip file to the above directory.
• CHMOD the addresses.xml and results.xml to 777 (in the /xml directory)
• Open the results.xml file, and add your polling question, and an entry for each voting item.
• Set the vote counts in the results.xml file to zero (or, whatever you'd like to start at).
• Optional: Modify the poll.css file to fit your website's theme.
• Access the poll at
• That's it! Please note that there should be at least 1 address entry in the addresses.xml file (loopback of 127.0.0.1 is fine)

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A Simple PHP Polling/Voting System

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Create an IP-logging PHP Polling or Voting System in PHP 5.0