Hit Counter in Codeigniter

Question

I have the code below:

(Step by step)

1. Put counter.txt in APPPATH . \'logs/counter.txt\'
2. Make counter_helper.p

Answer 1

I got it to work fine when I loaded the helper $this->load->helper('counter');

application > core > MY_Controller.php

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
    public $count_visitor;

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->helper('counter');
        $this->count_visitor = count_visitor();
    }   
}

Answer 2

Yes, must load the helper:

$this->load->helper('counter');

or

config/autoload.php: $autoload['helper'] = array('counter');