Adding counter in phorum v3.2.11

Anon

Hi,

I have setup the "Phorum3.2.11" in my website but I need to Add another Field name "counter" in the list displayed so that I can know how many visited the specific Topics and read the "total body information". At present I have:
1) Topics
2) Author
3) Date
I tried to change the code in multithread.php, list.php, read.php. Also I added new column in mySQL database. I can display it but I cannot update the values in the counter through the script when someone visits read.php with specific topic_id.
I can though update the values through SQL commands which is completely irrelevant.
I would like to thank you for the answer prior to reply.

Anon

you could try using a data file instead of the data base to set your count.. this is a very simple example of a counter that i wrote for a test page:

<?php

// Access counter

$counter = 0;
$fs = fopen("count","r");
$counter = fgets($fs, 26);
fclose($fs);
$counter = (integer)$counter +1;
$fs = fopen("count", "w+");
fwrite($fs, $counter, 26);

fclose($fs);
echo "$counter people have visited this page.";
?>

The name of the data file in the dir is: count

Anon

Thanks for the message,

But in the above circumstance... it cannot be possible for discussion group counter. I guess you have seen phorun v3.2.11.
The counter has to count each message in the list seen in detail i.e. every time guest goes through detail "body message" the counter should be updated for each
"id (message)" whereas in your above case it update all the time the "page is visited".
This cannot be done because read.php file is visited everytime "any message" in the list is visited.
I have done similar situation for other pages but for this "phorum" script i don't seem to know where to add another field updates to retrieve the updated values.