Re: Tell me how I can...

It is better to check how much entries you have in your database with mysql_num_rows in my opinion. It looks a lot easier thean whats described below. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> To: "'Øystein Håland'" <ha@ematte.se> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Tell me how I can... > [snip] > How can I control the number of users? > I want to create a DB driven website where users create their own user > accounts. But with a limitation of the number of accounts, and when the > maximum is reached, no one can create a new account. I even want to limit > the lifetime of an account. > It may be explained in the mysql documentation, but I can't find it (and I'm > very much a newbie in this field). > [/snip] > > Control it with your user account creation form and either a text file with > a number or a table containing number information. > > In form > > $max_users = 50; > file://get info from data table or text file > if($current_number < $max_users){ > file://when this registration is done > $current_number++; > } > > HTH! > > Jay > > *********************************************************** > * Texas PHP Developers Conf Spring 2003 * > * T Bar M Resort & Conference Center * > * New Braunfels, Texas * > * San Antonio Area PHP Developers Group * > * Interested? Contact jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com * > *********************************************************** > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >