How can the PHP code be modified to accurately count clicks for each unique ID in the database?

Issue: The current PHP code snippet is not accurately counting clicks for each unique ID in the database because it is updating the click count for all records instead of just the specific record associated with the unique ID. To solve this issue, we need to modify the SQL query to update the click count for the record with the matching unique ID. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "dbname";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Get the unique ID from the URL parameter
$id = $_GET['id'];

// Update the click count for the specific record with the matching unique ID
$sql = "UPDATE clicks SET click_count = click_count + 1 WHERE id = $id";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Click count updated successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error updating click count: " . $conn->error;
}

// Close the database connection
$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP database unique ID click tracking modification

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