Simple problem: Counters

[Anon]

Hi there, I'm new to PHP (usually coding in ASP) and this is a problem that should be VERY straight forward but I'm having weird problems. Basically I want a really basic counter that just increments a number in a text file.

I am using the following code:

$filepath = "../cgi-bin/counter.log
$fp = fopen($filepath,"r");
$count = fread($fp, filesize($filepath));
fclose($fp);
$count++;
$fp = fopen($filepath,"w");
$fout = fwrite($fp, $count);
fclose($fp);

Ok, this works fine most of the time, however, every so often I'll come back and the counter file will loose some of the digits and also have a couple of non-visible characters attached.
Am I right in assuming this script should work, or is there something I'm missing.

Thanks in advance.

Dan
www.pupius.net

[Anon]

Hi
looks okay to me but try this
$count = (int)fread($fp, filesize($filepath));
That's the only thing I do differently except some error checking.

Example:
if (!($fp=fopen($counterfile, "r"))) die ("could not open file");

That must be it, hope it works

Nick