Binita's Hit-Counter:

This script finds/creates and reads/writes a file

File found!
File is readable -- reading the file.
File reads: 45
File is writeable -- writing the file.
Writting 46 to the file.

This page has been visited 46 times.

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CODE FOLLOWS

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

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

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

    echo('<h2>This script finds/creates and reads/writes a file</h2>');

    $counterFile = '../docs/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("Writting $counter to the file.<br>");
    }
    else
    {
        echo("Cannot write to the $counterFile !");
    }

    echo("<h3>This page has been visited $counter times.</h3>");

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


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