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Auto Action to increment a CB field when a certain page is loaded?

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7 years 3 months ago #295816 by ThePiston
I'd like to increment a CB field when a certain page is loaded (non-CB page, just a normal Joomla article). This will allow me to set a maximum amount of views for a special page i have and deny those who reach this maximum. How would I go about this?

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7 years 3 months ago #295828 by krileon
CB Auto Actions is designed to primarily act on CB triggers. I suppose you could do the old-school image URL trick though. You'd create an auto action to increment your field and set its Triggers to None and User to User. Next you'd add an image onto the page you want it fired on with the URL being the URL to the auto action. Aside from that you'd need to explore other methods like an ajax request using jQuery, iframe, etc.. Regarding denying access once that limit is hit I can't really advise you regarding that as without a trigger for CB Auto Actions to act on it can't do anything like redirect away.


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7 years 3 months ago #295841 by ThePiston
was able to get it done via php
$query= "UPDATE jos_comprofiler set cb_video=cb_video+1 Where id=".$user->id;
$db->setQuery( $query );
if($db->execute()){ //success
}else{//failed
}

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