Question

i have data from database and i need to count the views for every click,

i need to count only unique click for the current hour.

saving it in database is not in my options. and for the user to know that he/she already click that data

should i use cookie for every data that users clicked or session?

thanks.

Answer 1

I would store it in a session, there is no need to send it back and forth with every page request, that would only slow things down, especially if the site is big and the internet connection of your visitor slow.

However, note that you can only display this information to your visitor if you use sessions or cookies, there is nothing that you can actually do with it unless you store in in a database or a text file.