function flood_is_allowed in Drupal 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 4 includes/common.inc \flood_is_allowed()
2. 5 includes/common.inc \flood_is_allowed()
3. 7 includes/common.inc \flood_is_allowed()

Check if the current visitor (hostname/IP) is allowed to proceed with the specified event.

The user is allowed to proceed if he did not trigger the specified event more than $threshold times per hour.

Parameters

$name: The name of the event.

$threshold: The maximum number of the specified event per hour (per visitor).

Return value

True if the user did not exceed the hourly threshold. False otherwise.

2 calls to flood_is_allowed()

contact_site_page in modules/contact/contact.pages.inc

Site-wide contact page.

contact_user_page in modules/contact/contact.pages.inc

Personal contact page.

File

includes/common.inc, line 1101

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function flood_is_allowed($name, $threshold) {
  $number = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {flood} WHERE event = '%s' AND hostname = '%s' AND timestamp > %d", $name, ip_address(), time() - 3600));
  return $number < $threshold ? TRUE : FALSE;
}