<?php

/**
* Create an empty text file called counterlog.txt and
* upload to the same directory as the page you want to
* count hits for.
*
* Add this line of code on your page:
* <?php include "text_file_hit_counter.php"; ?>
*/

// Open the file for reading
$fp = fopen ( "/home/YourUserNameAtYourServer/public_html/News/counterlog.txt" , "r" );

// Get the existing count
$count = fread ( $fp , 1024 );

// Close the file
fclose ( $fp );

// Add 1 to the existing count
$count = $count + 1 ;

// Display the number of hits
// If you don't want to display it, comment out this line
echo "<p>Page views:" . $count . "</p>" ;

// Reopen the file and erase the contents
$fp = fopen ( "/home/YourUserNameAtYourServer/public_html/News/counterlog.txt" , "w" );

// Write the new count to the file
fwrite ( $fp , $count );

// Close the file
fclose ( $fp );

?>