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Text file hit counter

Description

A simple hit counter using a .txt file. Records hits to a web page, the hit count is stored in a single text file. The total number of hits is displayed on the web page using PHP but can be disabled if desired.

The code

<?php



/**

 * Create an empty text file called counterlog.txt and 

 * upload to the same directory as the page you want to 

 * count hits for.

 * 

 * Add this line of code on your page:

 * <?php include "text_file_hit_counter.php"; ?>

 */



// Open the file for reading

$fp = fopen("counterlog.txt", "r");



// Get the existing count

$count = fread($fp, 1024);



// Close the file

fclose($fp);



// Add 1 to the existing count

$count = $count + 1;



// Display the number of hits

// If you don't want to display it, comment out this line

echo "<p>Page views:" . $count . "</p>";



// Reopen the file and erase the contents

$fp = fopen("counterlog.txt", "w");



// Write the new count to the file

fwrite($fp, $count);



// Close the file

fclose($fp);



?> 

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