===== Adding the number of views to the FlatPress LastEntries plugin =====

Taken over from [[https://www.igorkromin.net | Igor Kromin]]

==== Description ====
This tutorial shows you how to use the LastEntries plugin and the PostViews plugin to see at a glance how many views the entries have had.
This hack requires the PostViews plugin to be enabled.

==== Procedure ====
Changed the file //[[https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/blob/master/fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php | fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php]]// as follows:

Note that the first and last lines shown here are already in the file, so only the lines between the comments are relevant:
<code php>
		$link = get_permalink($id);
		
		// --- new code: reads out file from PostViews plugin ---
		$dir = entry_dir($id);
		if (!$dir) return;
		$f = $dir . '/view_counter' . EXT;
		$v = io_load_file($f);
		if ($v === false){
		$v = 0;
		}
		// --- end new code: reads out file from PostViews plugin ---

		$string .= '<li>';
</code>

Then, a few lines further, the line directly above the ''$count++'' line must be changed as follows:
<code php>
		// --- modified line below: adding the number of views ---
		$string .= "<a href=\"{$link}\">{$entry['subject']} ({$v})</a></li>\n";

		$count++; // <-- existing code, do not modify
</code>

The result is something like this:

{{:res:plugins:ikromin:Adding_the_number_of_views_to_the_LastEntries_plugin.png?240|The result is something like this}}

The entry view count is shown in brackets next to the entry name.