Restricting a user to open my website

PHP
1

Hi Forum,

I have a search engine, user searching different string related to business.

I am recording search per user with user-IP. ONce the searches exceeds from 50 search for that day…

i want to RESTRICT that user…

Now the main problem is how to restrict THAT PARTICULAR user opening my website.

How do i do that, if user enters my website or any internal page address…WEBSITE SHOULDN’T BE OPENED.

thanks in advance.

2

Then user goes to Google or Bing anyways and never return to your site…
Very good solution you have there.

3

You’re seriously worried about user using the search 50 times on one day?
How about if google were to block anyone who made 50 searches a day, they’d sure be out of business right now.
50 searches a seconds, that’s worrysome. 50 searches a day is just a curious user.

4

That would be a Spammer…

5

It’s quite easy really


$ipOfOffendingUser = '1.2.3.4';
if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == $ipOfOffendingUser) {
  die();
}

Put it at the top your PHP script(s).

BTW, how can someone who’s just searching be classified as a “spammer”. A spammer would be someone that adds useless content/junk to your website. Searching doesn’t add anything (unless you show a list of “last searches” or “popular searches” of course).

6

Also, remember that on some networks, multiple users can have the same IP…