PHP Flat file Hit counter

<?php
// variables (change these)
$file = 'pageloads.log';
$dispay = TRUE;

// adds +1 to the count
$count = file_get_contents($file);
$newcount = $count +1;
$handle = fopen($file, "w");
fwrite($handle, $newcount);
fclose($handle);
if($display = TRUE) {
    echo "Pageloads: $newcount";
}
else {
    //do nothing
}
?>