Counter grr's

[Dorign]

I seem to have a problem with counters and I never know why.

Using this code,

<?php
 if (file_exists('count_file.txt')) 
 {
  $fil = fopen('count_file.txt', r);
  $dat = fread($fil, filesize('count_file.txt')); 
  echo $dat+1;
  fclose($fil);
  $fil = fopen('count_file.txt', w);
  fwrite($fil, $dat+1);
 }
 else
 {
  $fil = fopen('count_file.txt', w);
  fwrite($fil, 1);
  echo '1';
  fclose($fil);
 }
?>

For some reason, it starts over (randomly, seemingly).. can anyone please help me out with a good, basic text script that's reliable?

Thanks!

[Dorign]

Bump

[Dorign]

It'd be awesome if someone could show me how to convert the above code into one that writes to a DB instead of a file.