RE: [PHP] 3 mins of your time please...logic problem

Hi, Another way to restrict them to one vote is to set a cookie. Although not completely full-proof, its a method I've seen a lot of them use. -Dan Joseph > -----Original Message----- > From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:54 PM > To: Ryan A; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] 3 mins of your time please...logic problem > > > From: "Ryan A" <ryan@coinpass.com> > > > Basically trying to limit the "vote" to just 1 per person, first am > checking > > if the the person with username has voted, if that comes back as false > then > > am checking his ip (because i dont know if the person changed his > username > > and is trying to vote again) now its allowing me to vote twice > and on the > > third time its restricting me. > > Just get rid of the check for IP address. All you're going to do > is restrict > a bunch of people that actually haven't voted just because they have the > same IP address as someone else. Some ISPs have it so that all > requests look > like they are coming from the same IP address while it's actually > different > people. > > If your "poll" is really so important that you need to limit people from > voting twice, then make them log in and only allow one vote per username. > > ---John Holmes... > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >