Webforms: Limit amount of submits
Imagine that you have a form that you want customers to submit a maximum of three times. This can be achieved using Smarty Personalization tags. In this article we explain how.
Note: In this case we only track the amount of times a form is submitted for individual profiles. This means that we do not track the total amount of times the form is submitted.
Database
In your database you will need to make a field ('submits') with default 0.
Webform
First you need to make a webform with a textblock on the top. Place the following rule of code in the block:
{capture assign=submits}{$currentsubmits}{/capture}
Make a new webform field that is of the type invisible with the following default value:
{math equation="x+y" x=$number y=1}
Make another field that correspond to the profile, for example the email address. Make this a key field so it can be matched to the profile.
Set the webform to check on the keyfields, edit the profile, login as the profile in the database.
If you set everything up correctly the amount of submits should now increase when the webform is submitted. You can now place the form on your page.
On the closing page of the webform (this should be a webpage) you should now add the following code to inform your users of the amount of submits.
{if $currentnumber > 3}You have submitted the form too many times{else}Please try again.{/if}