Live · PHP + MySQL

Visitor counter

A loving nod to the 90s web counter — except this one is real. Every page view bumps a server-side odometer (counted once per browser session, no tracking, no cookies beyond a plain PHP session, no IP or user-agent stored). Below: who dropped by recently and where everyone’s going.

session-scoped, one hit per visit
no IP · no user-agent stored
JSON over api/hits.php
capped visit log

odometer — api/hits.php · site_hits

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How it works. The widget POSTs the current path to api/hits.php, which increments a site_hits row and appends to a capped site_visits log in MySQL, then returns the totals as JSON. Visitors get a throwaway handle like CosmicOtter for the session — friendly, not identifying. Drop <span id="hitcounter"></span> plus counter.css / counter.js into any page for the compact version.