Hit counter... not working.

[Dr_Evil2]

Hey all, I'm havin some trouble with a hit counter I coded for myself... here's the code:

$filename = "hits.txt";
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
$hits = fgets($fp, 5);

fclose($fp);

$hits = $hits + 1;
$fp = fopen($filename, "w");
fwrite ($fp, "$hits");
fclose($fp);

$fp = fopen ($filename, "r");
$hitsdisplay = fgets($fp, 5);

print $hitsdisplay;

And here's the error message I get from the server...

Warning: fopen("hits.txt", "w") - Permission denied in /mnt/datadisk/users/webs/dcvc.breezeland.com/TMPbbxcqiiw9a.php on line 9

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /mnt/datadisk/users/webs/dcvc.breezeland.com/TMPbbxcqiiw9a.php on line 10

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /mnt/datadisk/users/webs/dcvc.breezeland.com/TMPbbxcqiiw9a.php on line 11

1200

The 1200 refers to the content of the hits.txt file.

Any ideas?

[scoppc]

It says that the file cant be written. So, try to CHMOD the file to 777. I am not sure whether 755 could do it coz I'm not Unix user.
Read this

[Dr_Evil2]

not familiar with that - explain?

[Ravenous]

You should be able to CHMOD a file using your FTP client.

You're error is saying that whoever your webserver is running as does not have permission to modify your file. CHMOD-ing to 777 makes it so everyone can modify it. Usually you don't want to use 777, but this is only a text file. You'd be safe.