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[MrAndrew]

Hello!

This little modification i`ve created for my gallery. I think it might be useful to someone else!

Q: What is that modification do?
A: This mod, will count the number of hits for each album and record the value in the database every time someone would see the photo album. Just 4 steps for modification. P.S. This work in all versions of 4images, and not depends on each installed MODs..

1. Create a table in 4images_lightboxes

ALTER TABLE `4images_lightboxes` ADD `lightbox_hits` INT(10) UNSIGNED AS DEFINED 0;

2. In lightbox.php find

//-----------------------------------------------------
//--- Show Images -------------------------------------
//-----------------------------------------------------
if ($action == "show")
{

Add after:

//Update lightbox Hits
if ($user_info['user_level'] != ADMIN) {
  $lightbox_id = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['lightbox_id']) && $HTTP_POST_VARS['lightbox_id']) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS['lightbox_id'] : ((isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['lightbox_id']) && $HTTP_GET_VARS['lightbox_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['lightbox_id'] : 0);
  
    $sql = "UPDATE ".LIGHTBOXES_TABLE." l
          SET l.lightbox_hits = l.lightbox_hits + 1
          WHERE l.lightbox_id = '".$lightbox_id."'";
  $site_db->query($sql);
     
}

3: Directly under 2 step, find sql query and at the end of line paste: , l.lightbox_hits

4. Find:
$site_template->register_vars(array(
Paste:
"lightbox_hits" => $row['lightbox_hits'],

5. In the lightbox.html use {lightbox_hits}

This is end! Take a look! Enjoy

Regards,
Andrew

[V@no]

Where exactly did you put this code?