Обновление количества просмотров (хитов) в K2 при включенном кэше - K2

<?php
 
if (  $_POST['option'] == "com_k2"
      && $_POST['view'] == "K2Item"
      && is_numeric($_POST['id']))
{
  // connect to the database
  include_once("../configuration.php");
  $cg = new JConfig;
  $con = mysqli_connect($cg->host,$cg->user,$cg->password,$cg->db);
  if (mysqli_connect_errno())
    die('n/a');

  // increase hits
  $query = "  UPDATE  `" . $cg->dbprefix . "k2_items`
              SET     `hits` = `hits` + 1
              WHERE   `id` = " . $_POST['id'] . "
              LIMIT 1;
  ";
  mysqli_query($con,$query);

  // grab the new hit count
  $query = "  SELECT  `hits`
              FROM    `" . $cg->dbprefix . "k2_items`
              WHERE   `id` = " . $_POST['id'] . "
              LIMIT 1;
  ";
  $new_hits = mysqli_fetch_assoc(mysqli_query($con,$query));

  // close the connection to the database
  mysqli_close($con);

  echo $new_hits['hits'];
}

?>

<script type='text/javascript'>
 jQuery.post('<?php echo JURI::base(); ?>includes/increase_hits.php',{option:'com_k2',view:'K2Item',id:'<?php echo $this->item->id; ?>'},
 function(data,status){jQuery('#item_hits').html(data);},'text'); 
</script>

<span><?php echo ($this->item->hits); ?></span>

<span id="article_hits"></span>

$row = JTable::getInstance('K2Item', 'Table');
$row->hit($id);