Ajax - Trying to count thread views on outgoing links.

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Originally Posted by MoT3rror

Here is the php code for it

PHP Code:

// update views counter
if ($vbulletin->options['threadviewslive'])
{
    // doing it as they happen; for optimization purposes, this cannot use a DM!
    $db->shutdown_query("
        UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
        SET views = views + 1
        WHERE threadid = " . intval($threadinfo['threadid'])
    );
}
else
{
    // or doing it once an hour
    $db->shutdown_query("
        INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "threadviews (threadid)
        VALUES (" . intval($threadinfo['threadid']) . ')'
    );
} 


You can find that in showthread.php

OK cool. Now I am a beginner so please bear with me here. How do I make a new file with that? Where it would take the id (track.php?id=x)from the url and update the table?

Cheers,
Ian