[RESOLVED] Count views

[zzz]

I need to keep count how many times a particular profile has been viewed.

One way to do would be to add a field in the profile's raw in db table and every time profile loads add one ($profileCount +1) and once loaded update that db value with a db query.

Somehow this seems a bit inefficient to me. Is it how it's done normally?

[maxpup979]

well, the data has to be stored and incremented somehow. If not in the DB, then where? a file perhaps? This is quite possible--have a file contain with some form of the username in the filename that contains the "hit count" values--
You can also possibly do this with a trigger --I would guess this possiblity depends on your DB. I know it is possible with some of them though.
Other than those options, I would wager the solution you suggested is probably the easiest

Hope that helps.

[zzz]

I suppose I have to move on with db solution. Plus it'll allow me to set some sort of session that will prevent a user from generating multiple views with simple page refresh.