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Came down to a  
Take time with Franken code!

Fixed code:
<?php include 'config.php'; $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM news WHERE reference=?"); $stmt->execute([$_GET['ref']]); $check_exist = $stmt->fetchColumn(); if($check_exist == 0){ echo "error not found"; exit(); } $user_ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM outgoing_count WHERE IP = ? AND news_reff = ?"); $stmt->execute([$user_ip, $_GET['ref']]); $count = $stmt->fetchColumn(); if($count == 0){ $sql = "INSERT INTO outgoing_count (IP, news_reff) VALUES (?,?)"; $stmt= $pdo->prepare($sql); $stmt->execute([$user_ip, $_GET['ref']]); $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM outgoing_count WHERE news_reff = ?"); $stmt->execute([ $_GET['ref']]); $count2 = $stmt->fetchColumn(); echo "Redirect. This page has been viewed ".$count2."times"; } else { $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM outgoing_count WHERE news_reff = ?"); $stmt->execute([$_GET['ref']]); $count3 = $stmt->fetchColumn(); echo "Redirect. This page has been viewed ".$count3."times"; //header('Location: http://google.com'); } ?> .. just needed time.

Changed 
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and seems to work now. Thanks guys for being here.