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Posted: **Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:16 pm**

Hello!

When i set cache option ON, on my joomla site, the article HITS stop counting at all.

How can i use cache properly but not affecting the counting function?

Thanks!

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:44 am**

Counting function is bad and doesn't give you proper information.
Use Google Analytic. It is about 98% right.

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:46 am**

That's kind of bad solution for this

Thanks anyway, i will wait for actual solution.

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:33 pm**

vbarlakoski wrote:When i set cache option ON, on my joomla site, the article HITS stop counting at all.
How can i use cache properly but not affecting the counting function?

EDITED

The full page cache affects anything which has regular updates.
Which is why the full page cache can often have limited usefulness.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:55 pm**

So, Conservative cache caches just display or full page cache, because when cache expires, hits are not updated at all!

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:32 pm**

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What I previously posted above was incorrect (so I edited it).

Hits are not counted in the background when the full page is cached.
Joomla counts hits when the page is built, and since it is not being built, no counting.

The best solution is to use external analytics as suggested above.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:39 pm**

I have found third-party plugin CacheControl, and i forbid option=com_content&view=article to cache, so, i have my hits back.

Joomla developers should really look into this thing.

Thanks for help!

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:34 pm**

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Then you have basically disabled caching for all content.
That makes no sense to me.
Just turn the cache plug-in Off instead.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:39 pm**

Its off for Article View from com_content, not for blog view, not for featured view, not for modules outside that view, not for other components. How this does not make sense?

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:11 pm**

same problem

system: Joomla 2.5.8

if cache enabled article hits stopping.

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Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:58 pm**

To be honest, the hits counter within Joomla is pretty naff. Most opt to use external applications to monitor success of pages in a much detailed way than just 1 hit, 2 hits, and so on.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:09 am**

Is there any way in template_name/html/com_content/article/default.php to make connection with the database and increase the hits count? In that way, that query wont be cached i think or i'm wrong?

It seems wrong that cache stops hits counting, because there is ordering by hits option.

Posted: **Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:00 pm**

I know this is an older post, but I was able to come up with a solution for my website, increasing hits even if a cached page is being served. I posted the basic concept of the solution here: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla ... m_id=29831

It does involve a change to the core, but it works, and that's what I needed. If anyone has any questions as to how to get this working, just let me know.

Posted: **Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:31 am**

Another way that doesn't involve modifying the core, is to create a system plugin that is run after the cache plugin runs, and that system plugin will update the page count. This'll work and it doesn't involve changing the core.

Posted: **Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:26 am**

There is a hack that works with Conservative and Progressive cache but not with System Cache.

In Site ROOT/index.php after $app->route(); insert this code:

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if (isset($_GET['view']) && strtolower($_GET['view']) == 'article') {
 $articleId = (int) $_GET['id']; 
  
 $db = JFactory::getDBO();
 $db->setQuery(
                        'UPDATE #__content' .
                        ' SET hits = hits + 1' .
                        ' WHERE id = '.(int) $articleId
                );

 $db->query(); 
}

This will update hits in database in real time, but in article view will update every time when cache session expires with actual database hits.

Posted: **Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:22 pm**

Hi @itoctopus and @vbarlakoski,

Great ideas! Were you able to prevent Joomla from updating the hits two times in the event someone was not seeing a cached version of the page? IE, the code / plugins you described would update the hits, and then the normal Joomla code would run and update the hit again.

Posted: **Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:25 pm**

Joomla code will run once to activate new cache. So it will update hit once. I think its better to have one time double hit every time cache expires, than have no hits at all while cache is active.

But, this is temporary fix, it should not be permanent one if you need to edit the core.

I hope that Joomla will adapt the system to work properly with or without cache. Hits must be excluded from caching.

Posted: **Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:53 am**

HI
everyone
i tried the solution by @vbarlakoski
but the problem is still there ,
As i tested it for joomla 3.2.2 the article hit counter call is different in both cases(joomla3.2.2 and joomla2.5.x)

in joomla 3.2.2 the article hit counter is increased by

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	public function hit($pk = 0)
	{
		$input = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
		$hitcount = $input->getInt('hitcount', 1);

		if ($hitcount)
		{
			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('article.id');
			$db = $this->getDbo();

			$db->setQuery(

				'UPDATE #__content' .
					' SET hits = hits + 1' .
					' WHERE id = ' . (int) $pk
			);

			try
			{
				$db->execute();
			}
			catch (RuntimeException $e)
			{
				$this->setError($e->getMessage());
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

this code

I tried it to add in the root/index.php file but its not working for me , may be the issue is incorrect implementation of the above code .
is there anyone who will help me to solve this known joomla bug?
Regards

Posted: **Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:02 am**

I have done it this way:

I`m using jotCache for page caching.

Then i have created module that runs code for article hits increase.

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<?php
// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

if (isset($_GET['view']) && strtolower($_GET['view']) == 'article') {
 $articleId = (int) $_GET['id']; 
  
 $db = JFactory::getDBO();
 $db->setQuery(
                        'UPDATE #__content' .
                        ' SET hits = hits + 1' .
                        ' WHERE id = '.(int) $articleId
                );
 $db->query(); 
}

?>

Then I have excluded the module from JotCache caching.

This works perfectly in 2.5.

Posted: **Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:14 am**

HI @vbarlakoski
is it custom html module ??
any idea for joomla3.2.2?

Posted: **Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:19 am**

You should try it.. Its custom module, that is changing the db values, so it should work in 3 too. Please share the result if you try it.

Posted: **Wed May 21, 2014 2:09 pm**

Does it also work with K2 Items?

Posted: **Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:11 am**

Hi the issue is solved .

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:33 pm**

vbarlakoski wrote: ' WHERE id = '.(int) $articleId

All of you be aware that this is SQJ Injection and this brings certain security risks. Did you ever heard about sanitizing inputs?

Posted: **Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:47 am**

vbarlakoski wrote:I have found third-party plugin CacheControl, and i forbid option=com_content&view=article to cache, so, i have my hits back...

Hello! Have you tried that option for Joomla 3.x also?

Posted: **Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:59 am**

I made simple system plugin based on Your solution. I think plugin should fit better then module. Just install and enable it ("sittelicznik") in plugins.

Tested on Joomla 3.6.5 but it is so simple that it shuold work on all verssions.

Remember - if You disable cache then hits will by doubled every refresh. If You have cache enabled then hits will be doubled only from time to time so it's not precize solution.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:20 pm**

not work on 2.7.2

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:52 am**

alfa6 wrote:I made simple system plugin based on Your solution. I think plugin should fit better then module. Just install and enable it ("sittelicznik") in plugins.

Tested on Joomla 3.6.5 but it is so simple that it shuold work on all verssions.

Actually, to have it working on Joomla 3 you should change the XML file

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<extension version="2.5" type="plugin" group="system">

should be

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<extension version="3.0" type="plugin" group="system">

See https://docs.joomla.org/Manifest_files

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