Hit Counter

I would like to add a simple visible hit counter to my website to record the amount of people who visit my index.html. I don't want a complex graphical counter, just a numeric counter presentation. Can anybody suggest a php script or would javascript be easier? I would like to add a simple hit counter to my website to record the amount of people who visit my index.html. I don't want a complex graphical counter, just a numeric counter presentation that can be customised to change the colour of the numbers, start count etc. Can anybody suggest a php script or would javascript be easier?