About as straightforward as a counter can get - counts up! adds one every time someone loads the page!

New to PHP? This tutorial teaches you how to make a PHP Counter, without using MySQL, so if you do not have access to MySQL then you can still do it. In the tutorial you will learn the basics of file handling and sessions, which are vital operations in most PHP scripts. If you can't seem to crack it then I have added the full script at the end just incase.

By keeping track of how many people visit your website, you can get some idea of how to improve your website as the hits start to increase. Adding a basic PHP text counter is quite easy and we will take you through each step. Tutorial and full script to download and implement on your website.

With this simple and straight-forward tutorial, you can learn how to create and implement a counter that updates every time a page is viewed.

This is a short tutorial on how to make your own simple hitcounter in PHP.

This is a guide to installing graphical and text PHP3 counters. Graphical counter includes image size and alternate text. Both the graphical and text use the same script base.

A very basic tutorial with working example. It shows beginner how to make a simple text counter by opening, reading, and writing to files.

This tutorial will help you build and understand how a counter that only counts unique visitors works.

Part 1 of 2 Tutorial to create a hit counter using php/mysql. Some of the feature discussed in thi tutorial will be show no, of online, unique visitor , visit log & etc. A good & practical tutorial for begineers.

This tutorial is intended for PHP programmers interested in learning how to apply PHP's GD image manipulation support. Readers interested in learning how to access a MySQL database from PHP, and/or define a PHP function will also benefit from this tutorial. You should be able to create a table using the MySQL command interface, and must know how to create a GIF using any commercial paint program.