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Simple PHP Hit Counter Script - Apr 15 2006
This tutorial will show you how to create a very simple hit counter in PHP.
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Step 6

This part's the easiest -- output the number.

<?php
 $hits = file_get_contents("hits.txt");
 $hits = $hits + 1;
 
 $handle = fopen("hits.txt", "w");
 fwrite($handle, $hits);
 fclose($handle);

 print $hits;

?>


It's a no-brainer: "print $hits". It prints out whatever's in the variable $hits -- in this case, it's "1". But as time goes on, when we execute this script over and over again -- it will always add 1 and so -- this is a hit counter.

Completed

Now, assuming you saved this file as counter.php, in any other file you want to count hits -- put
<?php include "counter.php"; ?>

This will include the counter file -- which will only output a number, and nothing else. You can put something like
There are <?php include "counter.php"; ?> hits.

or something like that.

Or, if you want -- you can add text to counter.php, after "print $hits". It's up to you. If you found this tutorial confusing, contact us.

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