Simple text link click "downloads" counter?!?

[DragonTGK]

Someone please help Iv been looking all over for just a SIMPLE text counter than counts the number of times a link has been clicked.. thats it.. all it displays is a number please help!

[firepages]

make your download link point to a php file..

<?$count = implode( '' , @file('/downloads/filename.zip.counter' ) ) ;?>
<a href="blah.com/download.php?file=filename.zip>download</a> (<?=$count;?> downloads to date)

then in download.php ..

<?
//check its a file & USE ABSOLUTE PATH
if( file_exists( '/home/username/downloads/'.$_REQUEST[file] ) ){
    $count = trim( implode( '' , file('/downloads/'.$_REQUEST[file].'.counter' ) ) );
    $fp = fopen( '/downloads/'.$_REQUEST[file].'.counter' , 'w' ) ;
    fputs( $fp , ($count+1) ) ;
    fclose( $fp ) ;
}
?>

not tested but shoud be close

[DragonTGK]

yeh.... im not very smart... in this php stuff anything alittle simpler? lol.. or maybe a guide to installing it?