Download / hit counter

This is a very basic download counter, can be used for page visits, download detecting or more

 

visit Count Tutorial:

 

<?php

 

$count = @file_get_contents('count.txt'); // reads the download count from the file

 

$count++; // adds 1 to the count

 

echo $count; // displays the count

 

@file_put_contents('count.txt', $count) // saves the updated count

?>

 

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Download Count Tutorial:

 

Create a php file named something like "download-file.php" and put this code within

<?php

 

$count = @file_get_contents('count.txt');

 

$count++;

 

@file_put_contents('count.txt', $count);

 

 

 

header('Location: http://example.com/download/file.zip'); // redirects to download the file

?>

 

 

Make a button and instead of linking to the file, link to the PHP file you just created

http://example.com/download-file.php

 

To display the download count, use this code (styling etc should be done in css)

 

<p><?php include 'count.txt'; ?></p> // "include" is a quick way to read a file/add external pages to the current page

 

 

 

Hope this tutorial helps! Any questions can be posted below!