https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Limit number of Applications en Sun, 03 May 2026 20:40:37 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-23323 Fri, 22 May 2015 12:36:59 +0000 barb080M 23323@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Is it possible to limit the use per user of the form? For example, person 1 can only access it 10 times and person 2 can access it 12 times and so on. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-14466 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:50:57 +0000 Juan 14466@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thank you very much, I found it ! ;o) </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-14319 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:07:23 +0000 AMurray 14319@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Juan.....this post is rather old (2 years...) and refers to a solution for Version 2 of Machform.</p> <p>If you have purchased Version 3 it makes this a lot simpler.</p> <p>Open the form, go to the Form properties (you may need to expand the 'more options' link) but there is an option there in the "protect and limit" options section - "Limit submission - "Maximum Accepted Entries : X" where "X" is the number of entries the form should accept before it shuts down / is disabled from accepting further entries. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-14316 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:39:05 +0000 Juan 14316@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi thank you for your excellent product.<br /> And if i have 4 forms with differents limits?<br /> Form 1 20 entries<br /> Form 2 50 entries<br /> Form 3 15 entries<br /> Form 4 12 entries</p> <p>Thabk you very much for your help </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-7712 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:08:14 +0000 redityo 7712@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>You can change the condition to be like this </p> <pre><code>//limit the entries if ($form_id == 1 || $form_id == 2 || $form_id == 3 || $form_id == 4) { $query = &quot;SELECT count(1) total_row FROM ap_form_{$form_id} &quot;; $result = do_query($query); $row = do_fetch_result($result); if ($row[0] &gt;= 20) { $process_result[&#39;custom_error&#39;] = &#39;Sorry, this form limited to 20 entries.&#39;; } }</code></pre> <p>that code will applied for form 1,2,3,4 </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-7711 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:01:35 +0000 primarytarget 7711@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Excellent! Thank you! What if I wanted to set this limit for multiple forms. For example, 4 different forms, where I wanted to limit the entries to 20? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-7686 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:52 +0000 redityo 7686@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>You need to do small customization for this, edit your "post-functions.php" file and go to around line 880, you'll see this code :</p> <pre><code>$process_result[&#39;error_elements&#39;] = $error_elements;</code></pre> <p>then add these code exactly bellow that line </p> <pre><code>//limit the entries if ($form_id == 2) { $query = &quot;SELECT count(1) total_row FROM ap_form_{$form_id} &quot;; $result = do_query($query); $row = do_fetch_result($result); if ($row[0] &gt;= 20) { $process_result[&#39;custom_error&#39;] = &#39;Sorry, this form limited to 3 entries.&#39;; } }</code></pre> <p>in there I set those logic only form id = 1, make sure you've change the ID with yours. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/limit-number-of-applications#post-7683 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:07:06 +0000 ddubell 7683@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way to limit the number of applications that will be accepted? I only want to be able to accept 20 entries and want to have the form stop after that </p>