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Hello all,

After my problem I had with editing/deleting an record I am looking for some kind of way to show the number of times someone clicked an image (or link).

I have a photodatabase (at this moment with just one photo). I have installed the plugin for resizing my photos when I upload them. When you click on the photo you will get the large photo in a new screen. I was wondering, is there some kind of way (a counter??) to show the number of times that the photo has been clicked/viewed?

Example:
Views: xxxxx

I hope someone can help me🙂

Kind regards,
Ruud

Hi flyboeing,

I built a link counter for a client recently that you could probably adapt.

The calling link is like this

<a href='".JURI::base()."index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=job_link&task=extra&jid=".$j->job_ref."' target='_blank' >More Information/Enquire*</a>

and then in the 'job-link' form Extra Code 1 box is this code

<?php
/* ensure that this file is called by another file */
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

$jid = JRequest::getString('jid', '', 'get');
if ( !$jid ) {
  $mainframe->redirect('index.php');
  die();
}
$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
$query = "
  SELECT `job_link`
    FROM `#__chronoforms_job_list`
    WHERE `job_ref` = '$jid' ;
";
$db->setQuery($query);
$j = $db->loadObject();

$user = JFactory::getUser();
$query = "
  INSERT 
    INTO `#__chronoforms_job_links`
    SET `user_id` = '".$user->id."',
        `job_ref` = ".$db->quote($jid).",
	`recordtime` = '".date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."'
";
$db->setQuery($query);
$db->query();
$mainframe->redirect($j->job_link);
?>

This form (a) does a little validation on the calling URL; looks up the link info in the database; saves the click record in another table (you could update a hit counter table instead of recording the click details); and redirects the user to the link.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thank you for your answer. I will try this later today.
To store and update the views, do I have to make an other table? I saw your script, and I think I have to change some values to the values I have in my table/database :wink:

Hi flyboeing,

To store and update the views, do I have to make an other table?

You could also add a column to the table where the image links are stored, either method will work depending on what your application needs.

I have to change some values to the values I have in my table/database

Yes - this is from quite a different application. Use it as a suggestion for your own script.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thanks. I am going to try this :wink:

Ruud