Extension:ViewCounter

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viewCounter Release status: beta
Implementation	Parser function
Description	This extension allows you access the number of views of an article or file
Author(s)	João Sarmento
Last version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.10.x+
PHP	php5
License	GPL
Download	see below
Example	<viewCounter>ArticleName</viewCounter> <viewCounter>FileName</viewCounter>
Check usage (experimental)

The viewCounter extension adds the <viewCount> tag for returning the number of times an article or file were accessed.

Installation

1. Copy viewCounter.php to the new file viewCounter.php in your MediaWiki extensions directory.
2. Enable the extension by adding this line to the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

 require_once("$IP/extensions/viewCounter.php");

Usage

• <viewCounter>ArticleName</viewCounter>
• <viewCounter>FileName</viewCounter>

Source of ViewCounter.php

 <?php
 /**
  * MediaWiki viewCounter extension
  *
  * @version 0.1
  * @author Joao Sarmento
  * @link http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:viewCounter
  */
 
 $wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
      'name' => 'viewCounter',
      'author' =>'Joao Sarmento',
      'version' => '0.1', 
      'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:JSarmento', 
      'description' => 'This extension allows you access the number of views of an article or file'
       );
 
 $wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'registerViewCounterHandler';
 
 function registerViewCounterHandler () {
   global $wgParser;
   $wgParser->setHook( 'viewCounter', 'embedViewCounterHandler' );
 }
 
 function embedViewCounterHandler ($input) {
   global $wgDBprefix;
   $db = wfGetDB ( DB_SLAVE );
   $query = "select page_counter from `".$wgDBprefix."page` where page_title = '".$input."'";
   $res=$db->doQuery($query);
   $output=0;
   while( ($row = $db->fetchRow($res) ) != null  ){
     $output+=$row[0];
   }
   $db->freeResult($res);
 
   return $output;
 }