if(isset($_GET['view']))
{
 $r="update viewtable  set views=(views+1)  ";
$r1=mysql_query($r);
}
 header("location:yournextpage.php");

<a href="www.yousite.com?view" >

<?php
 $counter_file = ("counter.txt");
 $visits = file($counter_file);
 $visits[0]++;
 $fp = fopen($counter_file , "w");
 fputs($fp , "$visits[0]");
 fclose($fp);
 echo "Hits: " . $visits[0];
?>

<?php
$filename = 'hitcount.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, 'r');
 
if (!$_COOKIE['counter'] && $handle) {
 setcookie("counter", 1, time()+3600);
 $hits = trim(fgets($handle)) + 1;
} else {
 $hits = trim(fgets($handle));
}
 
fclose($handle);
echo $hits;
?>

<?php
$filename = 'hitcount.txt';
 
if (!$_COOKIE['counter']) {
 setcookie("counter", 1, time()+3600);
 $handle = fopen($filename, 'r');
 $hits = trim(fgets($handle)) + 1;
 $handle = fopen($filename, 'w');
 fwrite($handle, $hits);
} else {
 $handle = fopen($filename, 'r');
 $hits = trim(fgets($handle));
}
 
fclose($handle);
echo $hits;
?>