function - Why PHP include is not working? -
i'm trying make page view counter. i'm newbie php. here problem: i'm using code in "index.php": <?php include "visitcounter.php"; ?> and using following code in "visitcounter.php": <?php session_start(); if(isset($_session['visitcount']) { $_session['visitcount'] = $_session['visitcount']+1; } else { $_session['visitcount'] = 1; } echo "total page views = ".$_session['visitcount']; ?> the problem page index.php showing server error. if change code following code in index.php: <?php include "/visitcounter.php"; ?> then page not show error message display nothing. please me figure out wrong i'm doing. first of all, point mentioned of silvio silva problem. change from: session_start() to: session_start(); to avoid such problems in future, add file: ini_set("display_errors","on"); error_reporti...