[ashwelljames]

i have downloaded a php script that uses a mysql database.
i managed to install it no problem and change a few of the grapics files as it seemed alot like html.

i wanted to install a counter on the site and one i downloaded said to create a text file which i did then it says put the script in the page you want it to be displayed.

heres the problem index.php looks nothing like a index.html and i dont know where to put it.

any help would be great thanks

[UnrealEd]

could you post the index.php page?
it's rather hard to say where to put it when you don't know what coding there is

probably the entire html output is generated by php, so you could just place it on top of the script. or at the bottom, as long as you don't place it somewhere in between.

Greetz,
UnrealEd

[ashwelljames]

this is what is in the main program index.php file

PHP Code:

<?php 



require_once('config.php');

require_once('grid.class.php');



// handle magnifier toggle

if (isset($_REQUEST['magnify'])) {

  $_SESSION['magnify'] = !empty($_REQUEST['magnify']);

  $app->redirect();

}



// handle clickthrough

if (isset($_REQUEST['r'])) {

  require_once('region.class.php');

  $tbl = new Region;

  $region = $tbl->get($_REQUEST['r'], false);

  if (is_null($region->id()) || $region->status != REGION_ACTIVE)

    $app->redirect();

  $region->clicks++;

  $region->save();

  header("Location: " . $region->url);

  exit;

}



$tbl = new Grid;

$grids = $tbl->find_all('order by display_order');

$pixels_avail = 0;

$pixels_used = 0;

foreach ($grids as $k => $grid) {

  $pixels_used += $grid->pixels_used;

  $pixels_avail += $grid->width * $grid->height - $grid->pixels_used;

}



$smarty->assign('pixels_avail', $pixels_avail);

$smarty->assign('pixels_used', $pixels_used);

$smarty->assign('grids', $grids);

$smarty->display('index.tpl');



?>

[UnrealEd]

does your counter script require something from the coding that is in the index page?
if not, just past it on top of the page

Greetz,
UnrealEd

[jfulton]

The "HTML version" of your page is index.tpl. You are using smarty, so all of your program logic is in the php file and all of the layout (html, etc.) is in the tpl (template) file.

So, if your counter is a php script, you'll need to run it in the php page and then assign the output as a variable to smarty. If it is javascript code, then you should be able to just paste it into the tpl file.

HTH

[ashwelljames]

well i dowloaded the main script from the internet and followed the instructions to install it. compaired to simple html its seems totally different. so i dont know where to put the counter code . html would be easy id just put it in the html anywhere. php seem to have no logic to me. is index the start page when a web address is looked at?

here the script i want to add

Hit Counter

This script gives you all required code to add a simple hit counter onto your webpage, with the option to make it invisible.

PHP Code:

<?php



/**

* The counter.txt file stores the information for the hits

* All you need to do is upload the counter.txt file and 

* the counter.php file to your website and then

* 

* Add this line of code on your page to be counted:

* <?php include "counter.php"; ?>

*/



$fp = fopen("counter.txt", "r");

$count = fread($fp, 1024);

fclose($fp);

$count = $count + 1;



// Display the number of hits

echo "Page views:" . $count . "";

// To disable output to webpage quote the above line using //



$fp = fopen("counter.txt", "w");

fwrite($fp, $count);

fclose($fp);



?>

[jfulton]

Change your index.php file to this:

PHP Code:

<?php 



require_once('config.php');

require_once('grid.class.php');



// handle magnifier toggle

if (isset($_REQUEST['magnify'])) {

  $_SESSION['magnify'] = !empty($_REQUEST['magnify']);

  $app->redirect();

}



// handle clickthrough

if (isset($_REQUEST['r'])) {

  require_once('region.class.php');

  $tbl = new Region;

  $region = $tbl->get($_REQUEST['r'], false);

  if (is_null($region->id()) || $region->status != REGION_ACTIVE)

    $app->redirect();

  $region->clicks++;

  $region->save();

  header("Location: " . $region->url);

  exit;

}



$tbl = new Grid;

$grids = $tbl->find_all('order by display_order');

$pixels_avail = 0;

$pixels_used = 0;

foreach ($grids as $k => $grid) {

  $pixels_used += $grid->pixels_used;

  $pixels_avail += $grid->width * $grid->height - $grid->pixels_used;

}





/**

* Get the hit count.

*/

$fp = fopen("counter.txt", "r");

$count = fread($fp, 1024);

fclose($fp);

$count = $hitcounter + 1;

$fp = fopen("counter.txt", "w");

fwrite($fp, $hitcounter);

fclose($fp); 





$smarty->assign('pixels_avail', $pixels_avail);

$smarty->assign('pixels_used', $pixels_used);

$smarty->assign('grids', $grids);

/**

*assign the variable in smarty

*/

$smarty->assign('hit_counter', $hitcounter);

$smarty->display('index.tpl');



?>

And then in your index.tpl file, wherever you want the count to show up, add:

PHP Code:

{$hit_counter|default:"counter unavailable"} 

That should do it.