Completely suprised how I don't know how this should be done.
All I need is to add 1 to database value (not to show it as [0, 1]
but literally add (+
) 1)
Im using WordPress but this should make no difference.
Functions Im using:
update_user_meta($user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value);
My logic says that I need to retrieve the value, add it & then update but isn't there an easier way?
How this would look:
//Get the value from database
$meta_value = get_user_meta($user_id, $meta_key);
//Math
$meta_value = $meta_value + 1;
//Update the value in database
update_user_meta($user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value);