Javascript and MySQL Banner Tracking

[mrgrammar]

I'm working on a banner display program. I need the five banners to rotate on the page which I usually use javascript to do. However, I need to track the views. That means, I load 5 banners in a rotation, but they are not logged as viewed until it rotates to each banner. Once a banner actually appears on the page, I need that view to be logged in the database.

Is it possible to make javascript work with php to increment the views in the mysql database or is there a better solution?

[bradgrafelman]

Rather than linking to the banners directly, point the JS to a PHP script that both displays the banner requested as well as logging in.

[mrgrammar]

So when it's time to rotate to the next banner, the javascript calls the php script which then returns the javascript that writes the new banner to the screen?

[bradgrafelman]

I was thinking more along the lines of the JS simply creates IMG elements and sets their source to a PHP script on your server.

[mrgrammar]

Ahh. Ok. I haven't used that technique before.