function flood_is_allowed

7.x common.inc	`flood_is_allowed($name, $threshold, $window = 3600, $identifier = NULL)`
6.x common.inc	`flood_is_allowed($name, $threshold)`

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 drupal-6.x/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc: Site-wide contact page.
contact_user_page in drupal-6.x/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc: Personal contact page.

File

drupal-6.x/includes/common.inc, line 1077: 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);
}