Advanced Flat Php Counter

cnt.php

<?php
  ##############################################################################
  # Php Counter With Advanced Technology For The Prevention Of Reloading Pages #
  # Version: 1.4 - Date: 13.11.2014 - Created By Alessandro Marinuzzi [Alecos] #
  ##############################################################################
  function cnt($file) {
    session_start();
    global $pagecnt;
    $reloaded = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL'] === 'max-age=0';
    $thispage = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
    if (!isset($_SESSION['thispage'])) {
      $_SESSION['thispage'] = $thispage;
    }
    if ($_SESSION['thispage'] != $thispage) {
      $_SESSION['thispage'] = $thispage;
      $new_page = TRUE;
    } else {
      $new_page = FALSE;
    }
    $pagecnt = rtrim(file_get_contents($file));
    if ((!$reloaded) && ($new_page == TRUE)) {
      $fd = fopen($file, 'w+');
      flock($fd, LOCK_EX);
      fwrite($fd, ++$pagecnt);
      flock($fd, LOCK_UN);
      fclose($fd);
    }
  }
?>

showcnt.php

<?php
  ##############################################################################
  # Show Counter Results - v.1.4 - 13.11.2014 By Alessandro Marinuzzi [Alecos] #
  ##############################################################################
  function gfxcnt($file) {
    global $number;
    $number = rtrim(file_get_contents($file));
    $lenght = strlen($number);
    $gfxcnt = "";
    for ($i = 0; $i < $lenght; $i++) {
      $gfxcnt .= $number[$i];
    }
    $gfxind = "<span class=\"counter\"><span class=\"number\">$gfxcnt</span></span>";
    echo $gfxind;
  }
?>
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############## Under GPL ##############
#######################################

Usage:

Put cnt.php and showcnt.php into a web root of your site inside a folder called "cnt". Then put at the top of your php web page (before calling other scripts) this piece of code:

<?php session_start(); include("cnt/cnt.php"); cnt("log/mypage.txt"); include("cnt/showcnt.php"); ?>

Then, where you like show the counter using this function in mypage.php:

<?php gfxcnt("log/mypage.txt"); ?>

Make sure you have in the root these folders: cnt, log. Otherwise you'll get an error... Have fun ;)

Now you can stylize your php counter using css and the css class "counter" and "number" ;)