PHP Hit Counter Problem

**Jam** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 11:44 AM

So I have this code for a simple hit counter:

Code:

<?php 
 
$COUNT_FILE = "hitcounter.dat"; 
 
if (file_exists($COUNT_FILE)) { 
    $fp = fopen("$COUNT_FILE", "r+"); 
    flock($fp, 1); 
    $count = fgets($fp, 4096); 
    $count += 1;  
    fseek($fp,0); 
    fputs($fp, $count); 
    flock($fp, 3); 
    fclose($fp); 
} else { 
    echo "Error - Cannot find file"; 
} 
 
?> 
<center>This page has been viewed <b><?php echo $count; ?></b> times<br></center>

This file is in a directory with the file hitcounter.dat, which contains the number 0.

On my index page I have:

Code:

       <?php 
    include("scripts/count.php"); 
       ?>

So all the files are in the right places, and named corectaly, but It keeps returning the 'Error - Cannot find file' message.

Can anyone spot an error in the code or anythign?

thanks in advice!

Jam

elchupathingy · #2 (**permalink**) 08-14-2008, 03:28 AM

Change the file location to.

Code:

$COUNTER_FILE = getcwd()."/scripts/hitcounter.dat";

That should work.

also you don't need to read that many bytes from the file, do like 128 or something. I highly doubt you will get that many hits

Also the reason for the error is that you including the file into your index this means that the current dir is not right, so you need to add the dir to the file including the scripts folder. What your script is doing is trying to open a file in the dir that you index file is in and not the dir the counter fil is in.

enjoy, ELchupathingy

**Jam** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 02:31 PM

Hey,
Thanks for replying. Sorry I didn't respond earlier..

So now it says 'This page has been viewed times'

So I'm kinda getting there, but there seems to be a problem with reading the hitcounter.dat file? I have no idea.. :S

Thanks,
Jam

**Ash** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 02:40 PM

Have you checked the permissions of the file? It needs to be readable/writable by the webserver user.

**Jam** · #5 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 02:46 PM

Ah, its okay, I sorted it

I had an extra '.' in a place it shouldn't of been

but yeah, thanks anyways Ash

Jam

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