I am very new to PHP, so please forgive my lack of knowledge. I downloaded a hit counter for from PHPJunkyard.com. It works fine, but I would like to suppress the visual display and just rack the count in the log files. The code is reproduced below: ============================================================== <?php # PHP hit counter (PHPcount) # Version: 1.0 # File name: counter.php # Written 15th July 2004 by Klemen Stirn (info@phpjunkyard.com) # http://www.PHPJunkYard.com ############################################################################## # COPYRIGHT NOTICE # # Copyright 2004 PHPJunkYard All Rights Reserved. # # # # The PHPcount may be used and modified free of charge by anyone so long as # # this copyright notice and the comments above remain intact. By using this # # code you agree to indemnify Klemen Stirn from any liability that might # # arise from it's use. # # # # Selling the code for this program without prior written consent is # # expressly forbidden. In other words, please ask first before you try and # # make money off this program. # # # # Obtain permission before redistributing this software over the Internet or # # in any other medium. In all cases copyright and header must remain intact. # # This Copyright is in full effect in any country that has International # # Trade Agreements with the United States of America or with # # the European Union. # ############################################################################## // SETUP YOUR COUNTER // Detailed information found in the readme file // Enable referer validation? 1 = YES, 0 = NO $check_referer = 1; // Domains that are allowed to access this script $referers = array ("localhost","bccentre.bc.ca"); ############################# # DO NOT EDIT BELOW # ############################# // Get page and log file names $page = htmlentities($_GET['page']); $logfile = "logs/" . $page . ".log"; // If $check_referer is set to 1 and if HTTP_REFERER is set to // a value let's check refering site if ($check_referer == 1 && !(empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']))) { check_referer($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']); } // If the log file doesn't exist we start count from 1 ... if (! @$file = fopen($logfile,"r+")) { $count="1"; } // If the log file exist lets read count from it else { $count = @fread($file, filesize($logfile)) or $count=0; fclose($file); // Raise the value of $count by 1 $count++; } // Write the new $count in the log file $file = fopen($logfile,"w+") or die("Can't open/write the log file, please CHMOD logs folder to 777 (rwx-rwx-rwx)!"); fputs($file, $count); fclose($file); // Print out Javascript code and exit echo "document.write('$count');"; exit(); // function that will check refering URL function check_referer($thisurl) { global $referers; for ($i=0;$i<count($referers);$i++) { if (preg_match("/$referers[$i]/i",$thisurl)) {return true;} } die("Invalid referer!"); } ?> ============================================================== I tried remarking out echo "document.write('$count');";" tih "//" but that slowed the web site to a crawl. Thanks for nay pointers you can give me.