how to lock the user for 24 hrs if he entered wrong password

Question

How to lock the user for some hours if he entered the wrong password for more than 3 times..

Brijendra Gautam · Answer

Take 2 columns in your user table LastWrongPwdTime WrongAttemptCount And every time update the information in this field whenever user attempt a wrong password. Put a condition if(WrongAttemptCount ==3 && (LastWrongPwdTime-Today.Now).Hours //Display Account locked Hope this is what you are looking for. Note: This is just a psuedo-code .