public function collectStats()
    {
        Container::get('hooks')->fire('model.index.collect_stats_start');

        // Collect some statistics from the database
        if (!Container::get('cache')->isCached('users_info')) {
            Container::get('cache')->store('users_info', Cache::getUsersInfo());
        }

        $stats = Container::get('cache')->retrieve('users_info');

        $query = DB::forTable('forums')
            ->select_expr('SUM(num_topics)', 'total_topics')
            ->select_expr('SUM(num_posts)', 'total_posts');

        $query = Container::get('hooks')->fireDB('model.index.collect_stats_query', $query);

        $query = $query->find_one();

        $stats['total_topics'] = Utils::numberFormat((int)$query['total_topics']);
        $stats['total_posts'] = Utils::numberFormat((int)$query['total_posts']);

        if (User::get()->g_view_users == '1') {
            $stats['newest_user'] = '<a href="'.
                Router::pathFor('userProfile', ['id' => $stats['last_user']['id']]).'">'.
                Utils::escape($stats['last_user']['username']).'</a>';
        } else {
            $stats['newest_user'] = Utils::escape($stats['last_user']['username']);
        }
        $stats['total_users'] = Utils::numberFormat((int)$stats['total_users']);

        $stats = Container::get('hooks')->fire('model.index.collect_stats', $stats);

        return $stats;
    }