<?php
function hit_count()
{
      $ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    $ip_file = file('ip.txt');        //file() function stores each line of that text file in form of  an array.
    foreach($ip_file as $ip)
    {
        //echo $ip.', ';
        $ip_single = trim($ip);       //space is there at the end of each line so you can use trim to remove the white space.
        if($ip_address == $ip_single)
        {
            $found = true; 
            break; 
        }else{$found = false;} 
    }
    if($found == true){ 
        echo 'found'; 
            }  else {echo 'not found';} 
}
?>
Error is:
Notice: Undefined variable: found in C:\xampp\htdocs\series\72Hit counter\uniqueHitcounter\count.php on line 18
its in this line if($found == true)  is either true or false and its defined inside the same function.
I am including and calling this function from a separate file.
