Looking at some of the web-mail apps I use many seem to handle this
using a combination of very clear visual indicators, disabling of
submit-buttons and sending with ajax.
Ajax also help prevent back-button accidents which is nice.
On Sep 26, 7:45 am, rocket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> mktime.. good idea.
> thanks
>
> On Sep 26, 1:23 am, Marcelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You can't make sessions count down. Instead of setting "30sec" in your
> > session,store "mktime()" for the current time. Next time a user hits
> > the send button you check the current time with the time you allready
> > had stored in your session. Note that if a user deletes the browsers
> > cookie, session get lost so they can pass that check.
>
> > On 26 sep, 06:26, rocket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > hey guys
> > > i implemented a simple mail system in my site and was wondering what i
> > > ought to do for flood control. I dont' want people to keep hitting
> > > refresh after they hit send thus spamming...
>
> > > I was thinking of doing something like
> > > $this->Session->write('Timeout', 30);
>
> > > To simulate a 30 second countdown then just checking this timout
> > > before another post is allowed... but I dont know how to make sessions
> > > count down.
>
> > > any ideas are appriciated!
>
> > > rocket
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