why doesn't this work?!?!?!?!

[THE_BIG_CHEESE]

<?php

// initialize a session
session_start();

// register a session variable
session_register('counter');

// increment and display the value of the counter
$counter++;
echo("You have visited this page $counter times! Don't you have anything
else to do, you bum?!");
?>

every time i run that i get tis as output:

Notice: Undefined variable: counter in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\BCubed\test.php on line 10
You have visited this page 1 times! Don't you have anything else to do, you bum?!

how come?

i copied this right out ofthe manual for testing purposes
please help me solve this problem

[philipolson]

That manual entry needs to be updated as it requires the php directive register_globals to be on. Instead, try:

<?php
session_start();

echo("You have visited this page ". $_SESSION['counter']++ ." times! Don't you have anything else to do, you bum?!");
?>