https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Show how many spots are left (Limit Form Submission) en Sun, 03 May 2026 21:00:49 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/show-how-many-spots-are-left-limit-form-submission#post-23197 Mon, 04 May 2015 13:35:02 +0000 redityo 23197@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I'm afraid currently there is no function to show remaining entries on the form.<br /> But if you don't mind with the customization, you can create custom code to show remaining entries in the top of your forms.</p> <p>To do this, edit includes/view-functions.php file and go to around line 5324, you will see these codes :</p> <pre><code>//if advanced form code being used, display the form without body container if($integration_method == &#39;php&#39;){</code></pre> <p>then put these custom code above that line </p> <pre><code>//custom code if ( !empty($form-&gt;limit_enable) &#38;&#38; $form-&gt;limit_enable == 1){ $query = &quot;select count(1) total_entries from &quot;.MF_TABLE_PREFIX.&quot;form_{$form_id} where &lt;code&gt;status&lt;/code&gt; = 1&quot;; $params = array(); $sth = mf_do_query($query,$params,$dbh); $row = mf_do_fetch_result($sth); $remain_count = $form-&gt;limit - $row[&#39;total_entries&#39;]; $remain_entries_message = &lt;&lt;&lt;EOT &lt;li class=&quot;remain_entries&quot;&gt; Remain {$remain_count} entries of {$form-&gt;limit } &lt;/li&gt; EOT; }</code></pre> <p>then go to line 5380 and 5428, you will see these code :</p> <pre><code>{$payment_total_markup_top}</code></pre> <p>and change the code to be like this </p> <pre><code>{$payment_total_markup_top} {$remain_entries_message}</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/show-how-many-spots-are-left-limit-form-submission#post-23185 Fri, 01 May 2015 03:05:38 +0000 quadrant2 23185@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>That would be an awesome feature!! </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/show-how-many-spots-are-left-limit-form-submission#post-22732 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:09:46 +0000 presbyran 22732@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Nobody? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/show-how-many-spots-are-left-limit-form-submission#post-22713 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:53:50 +0000 presbyran 22713@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Just wanna know if there is any way how to show how many entries are left for the form.</p> <p>Example:<br /> I create a form and allow max 5 entries to be saved before the form gets disabled.<br /> I wanna show on the form that there is 3 enries left of 5 for the users, so they know how many spots are left.</p> <p>Is this possible?</p> <p>Thanks </p>