Title: Adding simple scripts NEVER WORKS help
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding simple scripts NEVER WORKS help

 *  [r3d](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r3d/)
 * (@r3d)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/)
 * Ok, I’ve tried to add the most simple of scripts to my sidebar.php and it never
   works like I tried to add a simple counter with no database just an index1.php
   and stats.txt and CHMOD the stats to 777 and I added <php include index1.php 
   thing to my sidebar.php and I got an error I’ve had the same troubles with a 
   banner rotator on footer.php and header.php can some1 help this is the most common
   error I get:
 * Warning: main(index1.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in/
   home/r3d/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php on line 67
 * Warning: main(): Failed opening ‘index1.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/
   usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/r3d/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/
   sidebar.php on line 67

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282236)
 * This states that there is no `index1.php` file in the `/wp-content/themes/default/`
   directory. Did you add the required `index1.php` file to the `/wp-content/themes/
   default/` directory?
 *  Thread Starter [r3d](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r3d/)
 * (@r3d)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282240)
 * Ahh ok it was originally in a stats folder which i placed in the default theme
   directory i tried it again and got this one this time
 * Warning: fopen(stats.txt): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/
   r3d/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/index1.php on line 16
 * Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/r3d/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/default/index1.php on line 19
 * Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/
   r3d/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/index1.php on line 20
 * Warning: file(stats.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in/
   home/r3d/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/index1.php on line 23
    Page hits:
   1
 * Unique hits: 1
 * Todays Page hits: 0
 * Todays unique hits: 0
 * Shows the stats but has an error any ideas?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282248)
 * It looks like stats.txt either does not have full read privilages, or your host
   has disabled `fopen()`, probably for security reasons. Is there any reason why
   you can’t use the stats system that your host has provided? They must have given
   you something like AWStats or Analog.
 *  Thread Starter [r3d](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r3d/)
 * (@r3d)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282251)
 * This is simple script it just shows unique hits stuff like that the stats.txt
   i had to CHMOD it to 777 so it would have privilages i will look into the fopen
   thing when admin gets on
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282252)
 * If you are interested, there are plenty of Statistics plugins:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Statistics](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Statistics)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-simple-scripts-never-works-help/#post-282252)
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