limit the amount of times a user can visit a page

txt3rob · #1 (**permalink**) 01-03-07, 05:57 AM

is there any way i can stop a user requesting a page a set number of times?
i.e once their i.p has visited the page 5 times it then stops them for 24 hours from seeing that page?

streety · #2 (**permalink**) 01-03-07, 07:59 AM

You can track by ip address or use cookies but ip addresses can change and cookies can be deleted.

You could set up a system that worked fairly well but it wouldn't be absolute.

txt3rob · #3 (**permalink**) 01-03-07, 08:32 AM

just something basic like cookies would do if you know of anything please let me know

End User · #4 (**permalink**) 01-03-07, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by txt3rob

is there any way i can stop a user requesting a page a set number of times?
i.e once their i.p has visited the page 5 times it then stops them for 24 hours from seeing that page?

Well, you could make it so they have to login to see it, but if that's not an option then go with cookies as some of the other people have suggested. It's not bulletproof but it'll help. Combining that with the IP will help more, but beyond that it gets tricky (and hence the login suggestion).