CODE : Hit Counter

Since it took me FOREVER to figure this out, I figure I'd share the knowledge. Below is the method I've come up with for creating a 3dfa hit counter. NOTE: This method will count all hits...So when someone reloads the page, it will add another hit.
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First, create a page to hold the current count.
TOTAL_COUNT.TXT

In the file you can put any value you'd like for your starting number. I started with 1000.

You MUST CHMOD this file to 666 or it will not be able to be written to.

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Now you need to create the script to process the counts.
call it counter.php

PHP Code:

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<?
$counterval = 0;
$fp = fopen( "./total_count.txt","r"); //Change txt file's location
$counterval = fread($fp, 26 );
fclose( $fp );
$counterval = (integer)$counterval + 1;
$fp = fopen( "./total_count.txt","w+"); //Change txt file's location
fwrite( $fp, $counterval, 26);
fclose( $fp );
echo "&newcount=$counterval"; //newcount is the name of the editbox
                              //in 3dfa.
?>

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Now for the 3dfa file.

This is the easiest part.

Create a small movie.
Add an editbox and assign variable "newcount"
format the text, it's color and it's look.

Select "Starting Script" and put this
loadVariables ("url to counter.php","GET");

That's it!
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I hope that this will help people.
NOTE: If you don't name your edit box "newtotal" then make sure to change the echo command to: echo "&3dfa_variablename=$counterval";

Here are the source files for the above hit counter.
I would recommend that you put the flash file in a frame that loads when a new visitor arrives. If you put it on a page, then someone can just keep refreashing to add visitors.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE

thank you so much for posting that. I have been trying but I couldn't get that to work. Can you explain some more how the ascript part? What's "url to counter.php"?
Cheers, mate

That aint ASP, it's PHP ASP would be so much harder to read :)

url to counter would be something like

http://bretlanius.com/counter.php

but using your information.

And I hope the originator of the thread doesn't mind but I commented the PHP portion for you.

PHP Code:

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<?
$counterval = 0;//Sets the initial value to 0
$fp = fopen( "./total_count.txt","r"); //Change txt file's location
$counterval = fread($fp, 26 );//read the value from the file
fclose( $fp );//close the open file
$counterval = (integer)$counterval + 1;//increment the value
$fp = fopen( "./total_count.txt","w+"); //Change txt file's location
fwrite( $fp, $counterval, 26);//Save the new value in the file
fclose( $fp );//close the newly opened file
//send the response back to 3dfa as a variable to display
echo "&newcount=$counterval"; //newcount is the name of the editbox
                              //in 3dfa.
?>

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Thanks a bunch for the comment lines. I think I understand what's going on now. :p
Cheers