each such access will produce a log line in the server's access_log file (assuming you run Apache)
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/log...#accesslog
this could be extracted nightly and put into some "popularity" table.
putting a counting script in between is not recommended,
as this would slow down downloads significantly, and produce load on the server.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/log...#accesslog
this could be extracted nightly and put into some "popularity" table.
putting a counting script in between is not recommended,
as this would slow down downloads significantly, and produce load on the server.