gistfile1.php

<?php
function MyCounter () {
global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;

if (!is_file($this->DataFile)) {
 $o = array ("1");
 $this->insert($this->DataFile, $o);
}

if (!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['counter'])) {
 if (!session_is_registered("counter")) {
  session_register("counter", "webcount");
  @setcookie("counter","webcount",time()+300);
  $counter = $this->select($this->DataFile, 1);
  $counter[1]++;
  $this->update($this->DataFile, 1, $counter);
 }
} else {
  if (!session_is_registered("counter")) {
   session_register("counter",
    $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['counter']);
   $counter = $this->select($this->DataFile, 1);
   $counter[1]++;
   $this->update($this->DataFile, 1, $counter);
  }
 }
 $counter = $this->select($this->DataFile, 1);
 return $counter[1];
}