[TUT] Super Simple Page Hits Counter

[HabSound.com]

Hey!
This is just to show some newbies to coding how to make a Hits Counter.

1. Create a File called hits.dat
2. Copy this code and read the comments to understand it!

 
<? 
//See's if you made hits.dat! 
if(file_exists("hits.dat")) 
{ 
//This part shows that you did! 
$exist_file = fopen("hits.dat", "r"); 
$new_count = fgets($exist_file, 255); 
//Adds a New Hit  
$new_count++; 
//closes the file 
fclose($exist_file); 
//shows the new hit count 
print("$new_count"); 
$exist_count = fopen("hits.dat", "w"); 
fputs($exist_count, $new_count); 
fclose($exist_count); 
} 
else 
{ 
//You Didnt Make a Hits.dat File!  
echo("Please make a File named Hits.dat!");
?>

It Doesnt Detect by IP or anything. JUst shows how many times the Page has been viewed.

Pretty Bad Ey!

[Meti]

I am not good at all with PHP, so I dont know if this is a good code or not, but nice of you releasing it!
Let`s wait and see what PHP coders say ^+^

[Invent]

Just a few changes I'd make...

<?php

// Check if the file exists or if we can write to the folder..
if( file_exists( 'hits.dat' ) || is_writeable( './' ) )
{
    
    // Open the file or if it doesn't exist, make it..
    $exist_file = fopen( 'hits.dat', 'a+' ); 
    
    while( !feof( $exist_file ) )
    {
    
        // Store the contents of the file in the variable $new_count..
        $new_count = fgets( $exist_file, 500 );
    
    }

    // Close the file handle...
    fclose( $exist_file );

    // Check if the variable $new_count has a value, if not, make it '0'    
    $new_count = ( $new_count ) ? $new_count : '0';
        
    //Adds a New Hit  
    $new_count++;

    // Echo the hit(s)..
    echo $new_count;

    // Make a new handle for the file, this time we truncate the file to 0 length so we can add the new hits..
    $exist_file = fopen( 'hits.dat', 'w+' );

    // Write the new amount of hits to the file..
    fwrite( $exist_file, $new_count );

    // Finally, we close the handle to the file to save memory space and to avoid corruption of the file..
    fclose( $exist_file ); 

}
else
{

    // Alert the user..
    echo 'Please make the file hits.dat';

}

?>

[Calon]

Nice too see that you're releasing it for free, a tip; don't use short tags

[Hypertext]

I'll implement uniques in a bit, off to school, I'll do in study hall or whatever.

[HabSound.com]

Just a few changes I'd make...

<?php
 
// Check if the file exists or if we can write to the folder..
if( file_exists( 'hits.dat' ) || is_writeable( './' ) )
{
 
    // Open the file or if it doesn't exist, make it..
    $exist_file = fopen( 'hits.dat', 'a+' ); 
 
    while( !feof( $exist_file ) )
    {
 
        // Store the contents of the file in the variable $new_count..
        $new_count = fgets( $exist_file, 500 );
 
    }
 
    // Close the file handle...
    fclose( $exist_file );
 
    // Check if the variable $new_count has a value, if not, make it '0'    
    $new_count = ( $new_count ) ? $new_count : '0';
 
    //Adds a New Hit  
    $new_count++;
 
    // Echo the hit(s)..
    echo $new_count;
 
    // Make a new handle for the file, this time we truncate the file to 0 length so we can add the new hits..
    $exist_file = fopen( 'hits.dat', 'w+' );
 
    // Write the new amount of hits to the file..
    fwrite( $exist_file, $new_count );
 
    // Finally, we close the handle to the file to save memory space and to avoid corruption of the file..
    fclose( $exist_file ); 
 
}
else
{
 
    // Alert the user..
    echo 'Please make the file hits.dat';
 
}
 
?>

That Makes it Better

[Blinger1]

This seems good ! I might use it one day... lol