Posted by Krustov on 01/24/08 15:15

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> >http://www.developingwebs.net/phpclass/hitcounter.php
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> That works. But can anyone recommend a professional looking hit
> counter which outputs a graphic file, instead of simply text?
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I havent looked at the above but assume its a text hit counter .

But to produce a graphic file hit counter then all you really need is 10
gif or jpg images that are numbered 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .

- grab the text count
- create a background image (or load a image you done earlier)
- paste each 0-9 image onto the background image

You will then have a graphic file hit counter image that you can display
instead of a plain text counter .

Roughly speaking , The same php/gd skills used to create a image code
are used to create a hit counter graphic file .

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