PHP text based counter – script specific no MySQL counter

Here's a counter script that can help you count downloads, specific pages, or overall general count. This is a simple function that works by storing text rather than using a MySQL database. Just for quick usage.

A sample of the results page:

Here's the function that you'll need for this to work.

function counter($counterName, $counterStage = 'store') {
//Name
$counter_name = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/", "", $counterName);

//File
$file = 'counter/counter_' . $counter_name . '.csv';

//Get Time
$now = strtotime("now");

//IP
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

//Open File
$handle = fopen($file, "a+");

//Store
if ($counterStage == 'store') {

//Store Array
$storeArray = array($ip, $now);

//Store
fputcsv($handle, $storeArray);

//Read
} elseif ($counterStage == 'read') {
//Row Counter
$row = 0;
$totalRow = 0;

//Array
$dispArray = array();

while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 0, ",")) !== FALSE) {
//Counter
$num = count($data);

//Store To Array
if ($totalRow < 100) $dispArray[$row] = array($data[0], $data[1]);

//Increase Row
$row++;
$totalRow++;
}

//Display
echo '<h2>Counter Total For ' . $counterName . ': ' . $row . '</h2>';
echo 'Recent 100 Counts (<a href="' . $file .'" target="_blank">Download full Stats</a>):

';
echo '<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">';
echo '<tr>
<td width="20" style="font-size: 10px;"></td>
<td width="100" style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>IP</strong></td>
<td width="160" style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>Date</strong></td>
</tr>';

//Sort
krsort($dispArray);

$rowCount = 1;

//Displaying
foreach ($dispArray as $row) {
echo '<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10px;">' . $rowCount . '</td>
<td style="font-size: 10px;">' . $row[0] . '</td>
<td style="font-size: 10px;">' . date('M d, Y h:i a', $row[1]) . '</td>
</td>';

//Count
$rowCount++;
}

echo '</table>';
}

fclose($handle);
}

To call the script to store this is the function to call:

counter('test');

The above case would store in a script called "test". If you're trying to do specific pages you can name your script home, about, or contact, whichever you please. To view results you'll call it with.

counter('test', 'read');

Same thing with the store function just change "test" to whichever counter you wish to retrieve.

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