time...

[darknuke]

... i was wondering how i "time" someone from stopping them from flooding a forum ...

im thinking, ... 10 seconds?

[suntra]

What do you mean precisely ?

[darknuke]

... i mean ... like ... say a user keeps on trying to refresh ... and they could keep posting the same topic over and over again ...

[darknuke]

... thump ...

[Weedpacket]

I hate people who bump their posts.

Record the time when they post. Next time they post, check that it's not too soon after the last time. If it is, don't allow it.

[planetsim]

try something like this..

$time=time(); that goes to database

then..

for checking before post

//select results
//check username..
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shout WHERE username='$username' ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT 1");
$r=mysql_fetch_array($result);

//then 
$timeout=$time-60;
if($r[time] < $timeout);
{
//cant post
}
else
{
//post
}

[darknuke]

well acutallly.. its for uploading.. sorry.. urggh.. would it work the same way? .. rite?

[planetsim]

yes just change the way i did.. make sure there is something like the same i have there..

Probably another option is make a cookie

with time()+60 in it.. then see if it exists.