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ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:55 am I know it's been discussed before but, I just find it ridiculous that there is no "like button".

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 9:44 am

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:55 am I know it's been discussed before but, I just find it ridiculous that there is no "like button".

Creating a "like button" functionality using PHP typically involves a combination of front-end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end (PHP, MySQL) technologies. The core idea is to allow users to register their approval (a "like") for a specific piece of content, and to store and retrieve this information from a database. This is what’s needed (minimally) to make this happen:

Database:
A table to store the content being liked (e.g., posts, articles).
A table to store user information (e.g., users).
A table to link users to liked content (e.g., likes table with user_id and content_id columns).

Front-end (HTML/CSS/JavaScript):
An HTML button or element representing the "like" button.
JavaScript (often with AJAX) to handle the click event and send the like/unlike request to the server without a full page reload.
CSS to style the button and display the like count.

Back-end (PHP/MySQL):
PHP script to receive the AJAX request from the front-end.
PHP code to interact with the MySQL database:
Insert a new record into the likes table when a user likes content.
Remove a record from the likes table when a user unlikes content.
Update the like count for the content (either by counting records in the likes table or by storing a likes_count in the content table).
Retrieve the current like count for display.
Handle user authentication to ensure only logged-in users can like/unlike.

Example Flow:
A user clicks the "like" button on a post.
JavaScript sends an AJAX request to a PHP script (e.g., like.php), passing the post_id and user_id.
like.php receives the request.
It checks if the user has already liked the post.
If not, it inserts a new record into the likes table.
If yes (meaning they are unliking), it deletes the corresponding record from the likes table.
like.php then returns the updated like count or a success/failure message to the JavaScript.
JavaScript updates the displayed like count on the page without a full refresh.

AAPK has 1 developer, a “like” button may be on the enhancement list but well below other priorities.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:30 am

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 11:06 am

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:30 am

1. select quote button
2. select thumbs up emoji
3. hit submit

I’m exhausted

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 12:41 pm That is exactly how I let someone know I like their post.

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 2:41 pm I thought that was what the was for! Easy enough for me

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 3:09 pm are emo cons, and while we do use them as like buttons, that's not what they are.

SwedgeHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 4:28 pm I almost feel that excellent write-up may have taken longer then the development.

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:55 am I know it's been discussed before but, I just find it ridiculous that there is no "like button".

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 4:42 pm

SwedgeHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 4:28 pm I almost feel that excellent write-up may have taken longer then the development.

you are way off, testing alone takes days, not a minor enhancement but not a major one either, involves some thinking and planning - I hope we never get so lazy that 3 clicks is burdensome.

SwedgeHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 6:45 pmSr. technical solutions architect- international software development

Dinadan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:12 pm The way I see it, a like button will let someone say I like this post: but not enough to bother hitting the reply button and typing nice knife or good photo or cogent point or cool or even hitting an emogi icon. I question the value of that. If someone will not type in even one word of response, do they really like the post?

When I start a thread, I can pretty well judge how well it is liked by the number of replies and views. If I get three replies and fifty views, folks did not like that thread and no number of like button hits can change that.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 8:53 pm I hope we NEVER get a "like" button!

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 9:04 pm

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 8:53 pm I hope we NEVER get a "like" button!

I agree Dimitri The like button changed the world by creating a metric for social validation, driving surveillance capitalism through data-driven advertising, fostering user-generated content, gamifying user experience, contributing to filter bubbles, and having significant psychological impacts on individuals, especially adolescents. It shifted from a simple expression of preference to a complex system influencing user behavior, economies, and even political landscapes.

I don’t think AAPK needs or wants a like button, YMMV.

bighomer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 31, 2025 1:39 am x10

peanut740 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 12:39 pm

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 11:06 am

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:30 am

1. select quote button
2. select thumbs up emoji
3. hit submit

I’m exhausted

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 9:04 pm

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Aug 30, 2025 8:53 pm I hope we NEVER get a "like" button!

I agree Dimitri The like button changed the world by creating a metric for social validation



I like it when people give a small narrative when they like it. The like button does too little in us
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