how to count number of clicks on link laravel - php

Question

How to count how many clicks have made on the link tag:
this is my code:
#foreach($news as $key => $value)
<li>
<a href="" id="news_link" class="news_link">
<h3 class="title">{{$value->title}}</h3>
</a>
</li>
#endforeach
can anyone suggest what is the correct way to do this.?
$(document).ready(function() {
var count = 0;
$('.news_link').click(function() {
count++;
});
alert(count);
});
counter is not getting incremented on alert

Answer 1

The best way to track this for analytics is to use Google Tag Manager to keep track of internal and external links.
If it is just for a function you could make use of Javascript and store it in a cookie, or if you want to store it like forever; in a database.
if(document.cookie.indexOf("clicks=") >= 0) {
var clicks = getCookie('clicks');
} else {
var clicks = 0;
}
$('#news_link').click(function() {
clicks++;
document.cookie = "clicks="+clicks;
});
function getCookie(cname) {
var name = cname + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
for(var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
c = c.substring(1);
}
if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
}
}
return "";
}
Or use Ajax to store it in lets say your database:
$(function () {
$('#news_link').on('click', function () {
clicks++;
$.ajax({
url: 'Ajax/StatusUpdate.php',
data: {
count: clicks,
},
dataType : 'json'
});
});
});