how do i (if) out a querry

[just me and php]

im trying to not let some users not to post anything with out banning them
and i tryed this but didnt work
[code]$f1000= $query = "SELECT * FROM forum ";[/code]
[code]if($row[Username]=='tom tom','tommy tommy','carol'){$f1000='';}[/code]
or am i going to this all wrong?

[corbin]

So are users posting abusive messages and you are trying to stop that?  Or what are you trying to do?  What you asked doesnt make sense...

[just me and php]

no im trying to stop some users from posting, but i donot want to ban them from site
so i thought i could just use a ( if ) comand in script that would stop all there postings.

[corbin]

You could create another column in the users table that would probably be the easiest way if it's a lot of people, or you could just use

(assume $username is the user's name)

[code=php:0]
$noposts = array("corbin", "user2", "user3", "thisdudecantpost", "so on i think you get the point");
//make sure to put them lower case since this will be case sensitive
if(in_array(strtolower($username)) {
//not post
}
else {
//mysql query to insert post
}
[/code]

[JasonLewis]

um, in_array takes 2 parameters. the string you want to check and the array.

[code=php:0]
$banned_users = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `banned`='1'"));

if(in_array($username, $banned_users)){
echo "Sorry, you cannot post because your banned.";
}else{
//show post form
}