Re: Tell me how I can...

Thank you guys. I think I can solve one of my problems now. What about the time limit? "Gijs Herpers" <xanf1@lycos.nl> skrev i meddelandet news:002e01c2448d$1a9d7740$85032ed5@arnhem.chello.nl... > 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 > > > > > > > > >