How the "Thread View Counter" work?

[Gripi]

Hello...

May i know how the thread view counter work?

let say i open one thread with 3 pages, i open the 1st page, then page 2, then page 3, the counter count 3 view or 1 view only?

Thanks

[kh99]

Looking at the code, it seems to add one every time showthread.php is called, so for your example that would be 3 views.

[Gripi]

Oh okey.. may i know where is the code located? in showthread.php? line number? just want to make sure.

Thanks alot

[kh99]

Yes, it's in showthread.php. It looks like this (line 517 or so):

// *********************************************************************************
// update views counter, moved after seo re-direct.
if ($vbulletin->options['threadviewslive'])
{
    // doing it as they happen; for optimization purposes, this cannot use a DM!
    $db->shutdown_query("
        UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
        SET views = views + 1
        WHERE threadid = " . intval($threadinfo['threadid'])
    );
}
else
{
    // or doing it once an hour
    $db->shutdown_query("
        INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "threadviews (threadid)
        VALUES (" . intval($threadinfo['threadid']) . ')'
    );
} 

There are two possibilities, depending on whether or not you have "Update Thread Views Immediately" set to Yes or No in the admincp (under "Server Settings and Optimization Options").

[Gripi]

Thank you very much kh99