Session cookie for voting

npereira

Hi,

I would like to setup a voting but don't want the users to be able to vote more that once every month or so.

  setcookie($cookie_name, "1", time()+(3600*$lock_timeout));

What do I have to change this to so that the user cannot submit another vote when he already has.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Nelson

nightowl

this will only prevent the most stupid users from voting twice. You can always delete the cookie and vote again.

Anyway: if you still want to proceed: just check whether the cookie already exists. If not: let them vote. If it does: don't allow them to vote.

Cookie values are passed via $_COOKIE[].

npereira

Ok than,

Is there a Secure Voting script that will not allow the users to vote more than once?

I still want to proceed but I need to know what code to put in.

npereira

Anyone?

whaites

You need to keep track of your voters, etc. in a db or write to a flat file on the server if you're not going to use cookies

npereira

To make it simpler, since i'm not getting enywhere here, here is the script. Can someone tell me what I need to change and to wath value. All I want is the IP logged and Cookie seesion to be valid for 90 days.

Found the session in a config file. I then changed it to 2160 hours. What is the maximum time a cookie can be kept in the users PC?

thanks

nelson

nightowl

you need to force your voter to register and then you can keep track of them voting only once. A cookie can be preserved indefinitely - but if the user deletes it, it is gone.

npereira

My users are not smart enough to know how to delete the cookies.
Thanks for you suggestion.

Nelson