<?
/////////  FlatFileCounter v1.0     //////////
//     copyright & written in Aug 2003      //
//     by Lukas Stalder                     //
//     contact: flounter@planetluc.com      //
//     Visit www.planetluc.com!             //
//               enjoy it!                  //
//////////////////////////////////////////////

/*

Installation

1. change the $expire variable's value to whatever you want
2. upload the 2 files (flount.php, flount.log)
3. chmod the flount.log file to 777
4. include the flount.php wherever you want to cont your visits
   by inserting   <? include('flount.php');?>   into your site
   
   
  that's it!



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*/



$expire= 10;                      // ip expires after $expire seconds
$logfile= "flount.log";         // file where visits and ip logs are stored

// *************************** don't change anything below this line *************************

$incpath=substr(__FILE__, 0, strrpos(__FILE__, "/")+1);
$logfile=$incpath.$logfile;
$ip= getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
$visits=0;
$badhit= false;
$now= time();
$blockMyIP= '0.0.0.0';     //change this to the ip you want to block. If you do not want to use the feature simply set it to 0.0.0.0


$ips = array(array());
if (file_exists($logfile)){
    if ($ip==$blockMyIP){       //Added for local IP block
        if ($loggedips=file($logfile)){        //Added for local IP block
            $visits=trim($loggedips[0]);}    //Added for local IP block
        echo $visits; }                        //Added for local IP block
    else {                                    //Added for local IP block
        if ($loggedips=file($logfile)){
            $visits=trim($loggedips[0]);
            for ($i=1; $i< count($loggedips); $i++){
                $loggedips[$i]=trim($loggedips[$i]);
                $ips[$i] = explode('||', $loggedips[$i]);
                if (($ips[$i][0]==$ip) && ($now-$ips[$i][1]< $expire))
                    $badhit= true;
            }
            if ($badhit)
                echo $visits;
            else{
                $visits++;
                $fp= fopen($logfile, 'w');
                fputs($fp,"$visits\n");
                for ($i=1; $i< count($loggedips); $i++){
                    if ($now-$ips[$i][1] < $expire)
                        fputs($fp, $ips[$i][0]."||".$ips[$i][1]."\n");
                }
                fputs($fp, "$ip||$now\n");
                fclose($fp);
                echo $visits;           
            }
        }
    }                                        //Added for local IP block
}else
    echo "logfile is missing";



?>

thanks. very helpful post.