chris_rulez001 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 hi, im making a forum system and i was wondering if i could have a post delay (flood control). e.g. say if user1 posted a message and then wanted to post again straight after, and then got a custom flood control message. can i ask how would i make it so i could select how long you had to wait before posting another message and how would i make it so i can select a custom flood control message. i would like the flood control custom message and time limit (in seconds) to be stored in a mysql table. can someone help me please? if this is too confusing, tell me and ill try and simplify it. thanks in advance, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NArc0t1c Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Insert a time stamp into the database and check against it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rulez001 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 Insert a time stamp into the database and check against it? ok, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocopi Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 If your only thinking about doing like a 15 second wait couldnt you just set the timestamp to a session and check against it. This would be much easier than using a db. ~ Chocopi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rulez001 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 If your only thinking about doing like a 15 second wait couldnt you just set the timestamp to a session and check against it. This would be much easier than using a db. ~ Chocopi how would i do that? thanks in advance, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocopi Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 After the user posts just set the current time to a session and then when they go to post again do: $old_time - $current_time and then if it is within the time then reject their post. I do not do time calculations so I do not know the correct way to store or compare the times so will either have to use the manual or get someone else to help you. SORRY ~ Chocopi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rulez001 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 ok thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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