Counter Help

[legio]

Ok, I have a script that's basically a counter, and I get it to display, but it doesn't store the "hits." instead it just stays at the same number all the time. Here's the script if anyone can help me.

<?php $counterfile = $DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/counter/'.ereg_replace( "/", "_", $PHP_SELF);

if (!file_exists($counterfile)) { 
// Start Counter at 5000
 	$count=4999; //Will get ++ before being printed
	$initial = $count + 1;
} 

else {
// Open Counter
	//open the file handler
	$fp=fopen("$counterfile","r");
	//Read the previous count
	$count=fgets($fp,1024);
	//close the file.
	fclose($fp);
}
	$fw=fopen("$counterfile","w");
	//Increment the counter
	$pageviews=$count+1;
	//write the counter back to the log file ie., acc.txt
	$countnew=fputs($fw,$count+1);

//Display counter
if ($display != "Yes") {
	echo $pageviews;
} else {
	echo "<!-- This page has been viewed $pageviews times. -->";
}
fclose($fw); 

?>

[batman]

Wouldn't this part:

$fw=fopen("$counterfile","w"); 
    //Increment the counter 
    $pageviews=$count+1; 
    //write the counter back to the log file ie., acc.txt 
    $countnew=fputs($fw,$count+1);

Have to be more like this:?

$fw=fopen("$counterfile","w"); 
    //Increment the counter 
    $pageviews=$count++; 
    //write the counter back to the log file ie., acc.txt 
    $countnew=fputs($fw,$pageviews);

[nemonoman]

Suggest you check the write permissions on your counter directory "/counter/". You may not have given yourself permission to write in this directory, which would prevent you from changing the value of $count.

[legio]

batman thanks.

nemonoman yeah I double checked it, and it's set right

it works now, thanks guys

[batman]

What did you do to fix it?

[legio]

i can't remember now, i was using the site's control pannet and was manually changing it, but when I was uploading the main.php when you were helping me I accidently over-rided it.