Does anyone know how I can do this within this section of the code?
Check the database version of the plugin and compare it to the current version installed. If the version that's installed is newer than what's in the database, run install scripts.
global $rhit_version;
$rhit_version = '0.1.0';
function rhit_install() {
global $wpdb, $rhit_version;
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . 'views';
$charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();
$sql = <<<SQL
CREATE TABLE $table_name (
`id` int(9) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) $charset_collate;
SQL;
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php';
dbDelta( $sql );
add_option( 'rhit_db_version', $rhit_version );
}