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Do you have hit counter that miss-counts every time you refresh your web page? Are you unwilling to install a bloated multi-file script just to get an accurate hit count?

Behold! A dead-simple, minuscule sized, accurate hit counter. A PHP session (cookie) is used to determine if the site has been visited during the browser's session. The IP address of the last visitor is logged as well. Basically, you need to close your browser application, reopen it, change your IP address and revisit the web page to record a "double hit."

1. Open counter.php with a text editor to configure the two script variables.

2. Input the path to the counter.txt file. Input the IP addresses you wish to block from recording hits. This is useful to input your own IP address so you don't skew the hit-count with your own page views.

3. Upload counter.php and counter.txt

4. CHMOD counter.txt to 744.

5. If you include this function before any headers are sent, ignore this rule. If you would like to use this counter after headers have been sent, you will need manually start session on your page. In the very FIRST line of your HTML/PHP page - above all other code, text, headers and tags, add the following:

   <?php session_start(); ?>
   

6. To access the counter, or to add to the count. Use the following php code:

   cookie_counter();
   

7. To return a count (number). Use the following php code:

   cookie_counter(true);
   

Article was last edited on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 @ 2:51 PM