This will add a counter to your site, all you have to do is make a file called count.dat (lower case, most are case sensitive about file names) and place the following code where you want the counter to appear :) easy as pie. . . mmmm pie.

<? 
//set the count file 
$counterfile = "count.dat"; 

//check the file is readable 
if(!($fp = fopen($counterfile,"r"))) die ("cannot open counter file"); 

//grab the value and increase by 1 
$count = (int) fread($fp, 20); 
fclose($fp); 
$count++; 

//show the result, write the new value and close the file 
echo "Site Hits: $count"; 
$fp = fopen($counterfile, "w"); 
fwrite($fp , $count); 
fclose($fp); 
?>