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Has anyone installed a simple text counter on there freeola website that they can recommend me along with the correct variables.

cheers

Thanks for the reply 'cjh', I've installed the script with no probs...well one simple change I'm using an apple mac & when creating the Hits text file using TextEdit under OS X I guess the equivalent of Notepad, its add the extension .txt so I changed the reference to this.

A simple PHP one is:

$File = "/freeola/users/6/5/sr0123456/htdocs/Hits.dat";

if ( file_exists($File)) {
$fp = fopen($File, "r");
flock($fp, 2); # Lock the file to prevent errors occuring.
$Hits = fgets($fp, 1024);
$Hits = trim($Hits);
$Hits = $Hits + 1;
flock($fp, 3); # Release the File Lock.
fclose($fp);
print "

This page has been visited $Hits times

";
$fp = fopen($File, "w");
fwrite($fp, $Hits);
fclose($fp);
} else {
print "

ERROR: The Hits file does not exist

";
}
?>

You will need to place that into the page you wish to display the hits, and ensure that page has a .php extention, not a .htm one.

You will also need to create a text file called Hits. Do this in Windows notepad.

When you upload it, you will need to place both within the htdocs folder, and CHMOD the Hits file so it is readable and writable. If your not sure what that means, read up on your FTP programs manual/help file.

Has anyone installed a simple text counter on there freeola website that they can recommend me along with the correct variables.

cheers