Generate login error after three attempts

[janggu]

Hello,

I need some help to generate a login error after three attempts. The login is validated by SESSION currently. There is a genetic error message for the login validation but it will say "Please contact admin." after three attemtps.

Thank you!

[wildteen88]

If your using sessions then create an extra session var, called [b][i]attempts[/i][/b] and increment attempts by 1 every time the user tries to login, then check whether $_SESSION['attampts'] is equal to three, if it is display error messages, else carry on.

[janggu]

Thanks for your info but I am not sure how to increment a session (I am still new in PHP). Could you please give me a detailed example?

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If your using sessions then create an extra session var, called [b][i]attempts[/i][/b] and increment attempts by 1 every time the user tries to login, then check whether $_SESSION['attampts'] is equal to three, if it is display error messages, else carry on.
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[hitman6003]

When the session is created:
$_SESSION['attampts'] = 0;

Then on the login page:

$_SESSION['attampts']++;

if ($_SESSION['attampts'] > 3) {
echo "You have attempted to login too many times";
} else {
...normal code...
}

[Dave96]

I'm also interested in a similar script.

I tried the suggestion above, but the session does not go beyond 1 (it does not get incremented).


edit: got it!

$_SESSION['attampts'] = ++$_SESSION['attampts'];