Is it feasible to count clicks on an image that is not a link using PHP alone, or would a combination with JavaScript be necessary?

To count clicks on an image that is not a link using PHP alone, you would need to use a combination of PHP and JavaScript. PHP can track the clicks and store the count in a database, while JavaScript can handle the click event on the image and send an AJAX request to the PHP script to update the count. 

<?php
// Connect to your 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 the click count in the database
if (isset($_POST['image_id'])) {
    $image_id = $_POST['image_id'];
    
    $sql = "UPDATE images SET click_count = click_count + 1 WHERE id = $image_id";
    $conn->query($sql);
}

$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP JavaScript click tracking image event handling

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