restricting access to an account

insomniac · #1 11-Dec-2006, 16:18

I want to lock a user account when the username for that account is entered more than 3 times incorrectly. I am not too sure how to go about doing this however. The method i use to validate a user is shown below

Code:

##$row is taken from a database containing all usernames and passswords
 if($username eq $row[0] && $password eq $row[1]) {


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       }else {
       
        if($username ne $row[0]) {
        display_error_message();
       }
}

Does anybody have any suggestions how i might go about implementing the restrictions on the number of times a user tries to access the account. I'd appreciate any suggestions

thanks

crystalattice · #2 11-Dec-2006, 21:00

Check out www.hotscripts.com. There are several ready-made user authentication scripts available. Even if you don't want to use one, it should give you an idea of how to program it.

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