PHP Counters

[Anon]

Hello! I have been working on a site and I wanted a counter for it, but I'm not sure how to make it. You guys had helped me once so I wanted to see if anyone had any good ideas that a basic PHP programmer could understand 😉. Im thankful for any help!

[Anon]

every time your script is called write to a file on the local computer

ie.

open file -> read in # of hits -> add 1 to the hits -> store the file

=)

[ehaber]

Hi,

I just wrote this a couple days ago. Hope it helps.

<?

/* 
	class Counter

	usage: 
	$counter = new Counter("/path/to/your/counter.txt");
	$counter->addOne();

	to get count:
		$count = $counter->count; /* uses count from memory in object */
		$count = $counter->getCount(); /* gets latest count from counter file */

*/

class Counter
{
	var $count;
	var $filename;

	function Counter( $filename )
	{
		$this->filename = $filename;
		$this->getCount();
	}

	function addOne()
	{
		if ( file_exists( $this->filename ) )
		{				
			$this->count++;
			$fp = fopen( $this->filename, "w" );
			fwrite( $fp, $this->count );
			fclose( $fp );

		}
	}

	function getCount()
	{
		$file = file( $this->filename );
		$this->count = $file[0];
	}
}

?>