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Can anyone please help. I have copied the coding from freeola help pages to display a counter on my site using php. I pasted it into my html code and renamed the file using .php extention when I upload this page all I can see is the code being displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Line 29:

for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($hits); $i++) {

should be:

for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($hits); $i++) {

Hi Guys have done as you sujested now have this displayed
Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in /freeola/users/6/1/sr0143116/htdocs/test/testcnt.php on line 29

Turbonutter wrote: Incorrect Chris! Look at the source!

I see what you mean, I missed that first time ..... it's late, lol.

Copy the code below, and paste it into NotePad, and save it as a .php file.

--------------------------------------------------------------

hello to you

You are visitor no.
$counterstyle = "image";
$invisible = "no";
$height = "19";
$width = "15";
$hitsfile = "";
$images = "http://registration.freeola.net/user_includes/phpcounter";
if (!$hitsfile)
$hitsfile = dirname(__FILE__)."/hits";
if (!$images) $images =
dirname(__FILE__)."/images";
$images = str_replace($DOCUMENT_ROOT, "", $images);
if(file_exists($hitsfile) == TRUE) {
$hits = file($hitsfile);
$hits = $hits[0] + 1;
} else {
$hits = 1;
}
$fp = fopen($hitsfile, "w");
fwrite($fp, $hits);
if ($invisible != "yes") {
if ($counterstyle == "text") {
print $hits;
} else {
$digit = strval($hits);
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($hits); $i++) {
print "";
}
}
}
?> to my site.

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Upload and try that :o)

Incorrect Chris! Look at the source!

Theres yor problem, the .html on the end.

You need to make sure the file is just called "testcnt.php" and not "testcnt.php.html"

Problems:

The file should have the extension ".php". NOT ".php.html", or any variants. ONLY ".php".

Secondly, you've somehow converted the < and > characters to their HTML escaped versions. This is used so you can actually display these < and > characters without confusing the browser thinking they're tags. Look at the source, you can see a lot of < and > things all over the place. These *MUST* be converted to < and > properly:

$lt; = <

$gt; = >

Finally, if I were you I'd give your HTML program (Front Page?) a good kick up the anus, preferably in the direction of the recycle bin.

Thanks for help. I am uploading to htdocs and I think the tags are in place. url is http://www.thedesigndetectives.co.uk/test/testcnt.php.html have also tried without html should be empty test page with counter

When you say you renamed the file with a .php extension, check that it worked ok. Sometimes, if you just right click a file and rename it, it keeps it's original extension, so you might have a file called "whatever.php.html". Go into the notepad and save it again, and put the speech marks eaither side of the name: "file.php" that will ensure it's a proper PHP file.

Also, did you try and alter the code in any way???

Are you uploading it to the htdocs/ folder, or the cgi-bin? What's the URL? Also, have you enclosed it in the tags? It really does need those.