Yesideez Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'm running a website with lots of retro software for free download. I'd like to limit the amount of downloads a user can make in 24 hours to something like 30 files. The only way I can think of so far is to log the IP of the downloader for each file they grab and if there's a total of X amount within 24 hours redirect them to a "you must wait" page. I know people can go behind a proxy - doesn't concern me. Are there any other ways of doing this? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136967-solved-best-way-to-limit-downloads/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
corillo181 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 well if they are no require a membership is really hard to limit anything, and people that download thing they usually know how to go behind any restriction if they not a member. so just use the ip even tho it wont last long, and use also a session and a cookie. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136967-solved-best-way-to-limit-downloads/#findComment-715368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesideez Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Sessions and cookies! I forgot about those! Thanks for a reminder Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/136967-solved-best-way-to-limit-downloads/#findComment-715371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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