vB3 Forumhome Stats Cache Serialize hack v2.2

vB3 Forumhome Stats Cache Serialize hack
Version 2.2
(By Boofo)

What does this hack do?
This hack will add some forum statistics to your forumhome that will be cached (to reduce the query load) for a certain amount of time that can be set to whatever you want. This covers most of the stats any forum Admin would use on his site.

Note: This is the setting for the time interval (in minutes) that you want the cache to be updated on. The default value is 10 minutes. The following code is in the index.php part of this hack.

$updatetime = 10;

Once you install the Admin CP setting (at the end of this file), you will be able to update this from the Admin CP vBulletin Options settings.

Credits:
I want to thank Tigga for the original Forumhome Statistics Cache hack for vB2, partly on what this hack is based. I also want to thank EvilLS1 for his time and patience in helping put this hack together. Another thank you goes out to Mike Gaidin for testing this thoroughly while I was putting together this install file. And, finally, thank you goes out to NTLDR, for helping me track down a very stupid mistake on my part which I had overlooked.

Version 2.0 credits go out to g-force2k2 for getting me started on the datastore version of this hack and guiding me through some of the rough parts in the beginning. And also to KirbyDE for answering all of my dummy questions while writing this version and verifying the code when I figured out all of my mistakes. This is my first attempt at using the datastore function but it seems to work better and be easier to code than the older way of doing things.

Version Information:
Version 1.0 --Initial release
Version 2.0 --Completely rewritten using the datastore function for vB3. It now uses "serialize" to store the data and "unserialize" to retrieve the data. There is also now 1 less query when reading from the cache.
Version 2.1 --Combined the "new threads since last visit" and "new posts since last visit" queries into 1 query, thus eliminating another query on cache hits. Thanks goes out to g_force2k2 for this one. Also added Admin CP setting code so you can change the time interval between cache updates via the Forum Display Option setting in the vBulletin Option in the Admin CP. That code to add is at the end of this file.
Version 2.2 --Added "Top Reputation" statistic (requested by rinkrat ) and totally re-did the template. It looks cleaner now.

New Installation:
Do all of the steps in this file.

To Update Version 1.0 to Version 2.0:
To update this hack you will need to do everything in this file over again except the second query (Query #2). After you have this hack up and running again and you have made sure it is running to your satisfaction, you can drop the statscache table (from version one of this hack) completely. It is no longer needed.

To Update Version 2.0 to Version 2.1:
You will need to re-add the code for the index.php and go to the end of this file and add the setting for the Admin CP.

To Update Version 2.1 to Version 2.2:
You will need to re-add the code for the index.php and replace the code for the forumhome template.

Installation overview:
Queries to run: (2)
Files to edit: (2)
--index.php
--member.php
Templates to edit: (1)
--forumhome
Settings to add: (1)
--forumhomecachetime

vB3 Arcade hack stats addon:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=262

The first attachment shows the Guest loggedin and the second attachment show the Registered Member and above loggedin.

[gmarik]

Why this looks nice. Could add latest attachment as an option as well ...

[Gio Takahashi]

Will install! Good job.

[Mike Gaidin]

Nice one Bob. Glad to see you finally released it.

[high]* Mike Gaidin clicks install.[/high]

[rinkrat]

Can it say Top Reputation?

[Boofo]

You can add whatever you want to it. The possibilities are endless.

[Boofo]

Ok, all you query junkies! New version uploaded to first post. One more query deleted from this hack. Now uses serialize to store the data.

[Mike Gaidin]

Upgraded. Good job Bob.

[Boofo]

Thanks, Mike!

[Alien]

Originally Posted by Boofo

You can add whatever you want to it. The possibilities are endless.

Awesome work. How do the queries work overall? I understand it just grabs data at intervals or whatever, but after it does and someone loads the forumhome how many queries max extra are they running at that particular moment? Just curious!

[high]* Alien clicks install.[/high]

[Boofo]

This hack will add 1 query to what you already have (for the new threads and new posts since you last logged on). This can't be cached because it is per user. If you have 10 you will now have 11 when reading from the cache. Since the cache is serialized, there is no query there. So the update to the hack dropped one query. When it updates the cache, it will add 9 queries for all of the stats being updated. So you would then have 20 queries. But the 20 queries only runs at whatever interval you have set (default is 10 minutes). Once the cache is updated, you are back down to 11 queries until the next update. This way you can have numerous stats on your forumhome and not have to worry about a lot of server load at all times. With the serialzation, you can use these same stats on other ares of the board by just including the statscache in the special templates section of the file you want to use them in and you won't have you worry about any queries there (if I understand serialization, right, anyway).

Does that help to understand this a little better.