nats_display_top_stats

Get the top statistics by demographics, site, program, tour, login, or ad tool.

Alias: display_top_stats

Parameters

(Required parameters in bold)

Parameter	Description	Possible Values	Default Value	Example
tpl	Template used to display output	Any valid template	The function_display_stats template	tpl="mytemplate"
reference_date	Start the period on this date	Any date	The current date	reference_date="1 January 2008"
period	Get statistics for this period	Any length of time	None. (See Notes section below)	period="month"
start	Get statistics starting with this date	Any date	None. (See Notes section below)	start="1 January 2008"
end	Get statistics ending with this date	Any date	None. (See Notes section below)	end="31 December 2008"
field	Class of statistics to get	Any statistics type: site, program, demographics, login, adtool	Site. Gets statistics for the affiliate's referrals to sites	field="program"
order	The sort order	Any sort field	?	?
assign_prefix	Prefix output variables with this word. (Click link for details)	Any valid Smarty variable name	None. (No prefix is used)	assign_prefix="myvar"
data_only	Set variables but don't display the template	1	None. The template is displayed.	data_only=1

Output

A form displaying an affiliate's top statistics for a single class of referrals.

Output placed in an array. The array's name contains the value of the the type parameter. For example: if you set the type parameter to "site", the array name will be top_site_stats. If you set the type parameter to "program", the array name will be top_program_stats.

Notes

If the parameters, period, start, and end are not set, this function gets the top statistics for today.

See Also

• nats_display_stats -- Displays detailed affiliate statistics.

• NATS Affiliate Stats -- Default NATS affiliate template using this template function

• PHP Manual: strtotime -- PHP function used to parse dates