Page counters

Creating a visible page counter

is something I'd like to explore next. I have a stats program which tells me how

many visitors I have already for each page that is essentially invisible, but I

have received a number of emails expressing interest in how to make a counter

using PHP that is visible. The code below inserted into a page counts the

visitors and display the results dynamically.

<?

if(file_exists("count.dat"))

{

$exist_file = fopen("count.dat",

"r");

$new_count = fgets($exist_file,

255);

$new_count++;

fclose($exist_file);

// to be invisible counter comment out next line;

print("$new_count people have visited this page");

$exist_count = fopen("count.dat", "w");

fputs($exist_count, $new_count);

fclose($exist_count);

}

else

{

$new_file = fopen("count.dat", "w");

fputs($new_file, "1");

fclose($new_file);

}

?>

23645

people have visited this page

To insert

the code to a page where you want the counter displayed you would use the

following code:

<? require("/path/to/count.dat");

?>