A simple counter in PhP

Here is the code for a very simple counter that you can add to your site :

<?php
if(file_exists("hits.txt"))
{
    $hits = file_get_contents("hits.txt");
}else{
    $hits=0;
}
$hits++;

$ha = fopen("hits.txt", "w");
fwrite($ha, $hits);
fclose($ha);
?>

PHP:

You can add it to the .php page that you want to count, plus you can add this code if you want it to be visible :

<?php
echo $hits." visitors";
?>

PHP:

 

But if your writing you should be locking...

I think it would also be better to use single IO handle than to use (2). This ways you open, update then close.

jb

 

Or better use free hit counter There is a lot of at web

 

Better yet, don't use a counter at all, they're so the 90s =P

 

If you want a counter, use an DB instead. Filesystems is slow with reading and writing...