Where does vote plugin update data in database on Joomla?

Question

Basic Joomla vote plugin: /plugins/content/vote/vote.php

Does anybody know where and how votes of article are updated? I have found a MySQL table called #__content_rating.

So, I do not understand, when somebody votes for article, how does this script ..vote/vote.php update data in table #__content_rating?

Anybody know? I tried to find it but was unsuccessful.

p.s. I am using Joomla! 2.5.0 Stable. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

The plugin file doesn't contain the store function. For this, you will have to go to:

components/com_content/models/article.php

The function starts on line 266 ( public function storeVote($pk = 0, $rate = 0) { )

However, unless you know exactly what you're doing, I wouldn't recommend changing core Joomla files. I would recommend you also update to the latest Joomla version (2.5.6) before any changes just in case you decide to update in the future and the update overrides that specific file.

Hope this helps