In what scenarios would using the code `UPDATE `ncms_forum_topics` SET `views` = `views`+1` be more beneficial than the original code provided in the forum thread?

The issue in the forum thread is that the original code provided updates the `views` column in the `ncms_forum_topics` table by simply incrementing it by 1. However, a more efficient way to update the `views` column would be to directly increment its value by 1 in the database query itself. This can be achieved by using the SQL `UPDATE` statement with the `SET` clause to increment the `views` column by 1. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

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

// Update views column in ncms_forum_topics table
$sql = "UPDATE ncms_forum_topics SET views = views + 1 WHERE topic_id = 123";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Views updated successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error updating views: " . $conn->error;
}

$conn->close();
?>

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PHP MySQL UPDATE query database optimization performance tuning

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