I typed in the first Simple Hit Counter, created the count.dat, and ran it. While I get a number 1, I get errors:
Warning: fopen(./count.dat): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Users/stevewas/Sites/hit-counter.php on line 6
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /Users/stevewas/Sites/hit-counter.php on line 6

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /Users/stevewas/Sites/hit-counter.php on line 6
The count.dat does not seem to update. If I manually add a number is does get a 1 added but then the errors and the same number without a +1. I am running a Mac OS 10.3. I tried changing permissions to the file but still the error. Is this a unix error or a php error?
Thanks

Hi Steve,
Did you manage to resolve this problem?
I am getting the same/simmilar erros. The only difference I am running on WinXp.
Any advice will be much appreciated.

Thanks :)

Try changing the file permissions (chmod) to 755.