Catherine's Hit-Counter:

This Script Finds/Creates And Reads/Writes A File

File Found!
File Is Readable -- Reading The File.
File Reads: 2
File Is Writeable -- Writing The File.
Writing 3 To The File.

This Page Has Been Visited 3 Time(s).

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CODE FOLLOWS

<?php
include('../includes/header.php');

error_reporting(E_ALL);    // set error reporting to all

echo("<h1>Catherine's Hit-Counter:</h1>");

echo('<h2>This Script Finds/Creates And Reads/Writes A File</h2>');

$counterFile = '../doc/count.txt';

if(file_exists($counterFile))        // does file exist?
{
    echo('File Found! <br>');
}
else
{
    echo('File Is NOT There -- Creating A New File. <br>');

    // create a new counter file
    $handle = fopen($counterFile, 'w') or die('Could not create file.');
    fwrite($handle, '0');
    fclose($handle);
}

$handle = fopen($counterFile, 'r');    // try reading the file
if($handle)
{
    echo('File Is Readable -- Reading The File. <br>');

    // read the contents of the counter file
    $counter = (int) fread($handle,  filesize($counterFile));
    fclose($handle);
    echo("File Reads: $counter<br>");
}
else
{
    echo("Cannot Read The $counterFile ! <br>");
}

$handle = fopen($counterFile, 'w');    // try writting the file
if($handle)
{
    echo('File Is Writeable -- Writing The File. <br>');
    $counter++;        // increment the counter

    // write the new value of the counter to the file
    fwrite($handle, $counter);
    fclose($handle);
    echo("Writing $counter To The File.<br>");
}
else
{
    echo("Cannot Write To The $counterFile !");
}

echo("<h3>This Page Has Been Visited $counter Time(s).</h3>");

include('../includes/footer.php');
?>


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