updating a single column to count

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Hey guys, I'm simply trying to get this to count the page views, which I have it working, but it updates all the `views` columns, rather than the actual article I'm viewing.

PHP

$insertLog = "UPDATE articles SET views = views + 1";
  mysql_query($insertLog) or die('MySQL Error - Could not insert log.');

what I have in my table inside my database is:

SQL

id date icon views news_title image

PHP

$article_id = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);

So does it have something to do with me assigning an id to the counter to update that specified column?

Any ideas?

Posted 7-Jan-15 17:58pm

kristhecaptain

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virang_21 8-Jan-15 0:05am

your update query is missing where clause.
UPDATE articles SET views = views + 1 where id=$article_id

[no name] 8-Jan-15 0:18am

wow. thank you so much for that man! Kudos!

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Sumit Jawale · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-07T23:04:00

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Try this :

$insertLog = "UPDATE articles SET views = views + 1  where id=$article_id";

Posted 7-Jan-15 23:04pm

Sumit Jawale