So yeah, just to start things out, im not asking for you to write the code for me. Im kinda new to php as a language, so im not quite sure on how to approach this. Now, I need to code a very basic user system in php for a site im making. The twist is, I want to have a sort of vote system. Basically, I need it to be so that this system will keep track of how many times a person has clicked a link. I figure if I can manage that I can add anything from there. I figure itll just be an extra column in the mysql table for that or soemthing of the sort. Anyone want to help me break this down?

If the link leads to a page on your site, you could just do an update of the count when they reach the page. You could do that with just PHP. However, if you want to track when they actually click on the link, you'll need to use JavaScript in an Ajax manner to detect the onclick event and then send it to a PHP script to update the count.

Originally Posted by VirtuosiMedia

If the link leads to a page on your site, you could just do an update of the count when they reach the page. You could do that with just PHP. However, if you want to track when they actually click on the link, you'll need to use JavaScript in an Ajax manner to detect the onclick event and then send it to a PHP script to update the count.

Ah, good, I know java. Woo, this might not be all that bad, thanks alot for the advice.

just so you know, javascript is NOT the same as java.

Originally Posted by nasaboy007

just so you know, javascript is NOT the same as java.

Oh boy, i just made myself look like an ***. Point noted.