Need XX number of posts before voting

[Larry@IOG]

I run monthly contests and do it in form of polls. I have a problem with cheaters. I need a hack that you must have a min. of 50 posts before voting in a poll.

Larry

[Xyphen]

are you suggesting that in all polls or only in a specific category?

[Larry@IOG]

Perferably a specfic cat. but if not the entire site would be fine as well.

Larry

[Martin64]

Open poll.php:

FIND:

if (!$permissions[canview] or !$permissions[canvote]) {
show_nopermission();
}

REPLACE WITH:

if (!$permissions[canview] or !$permissions[canvote] or ($bbuserinfo[posts]<50 and $forumid=XX)) {
show_nopermission();
}

Replace the XX with the forumid of the forum you're posting the contest polls in.

[Larry@IOG]

Thank you so much

If theres ever anything I can do for you guys LMK

Larry

[Martin64]

No problem :)

[FleaBag]

Awesome. I'm running a real-world award ceremony which is voted for on my forums, this will come in handy to prevent people easily cheating.

[daddysylem]

(Martin64)
Could this be modified to be specific to the current Poll Thread (ID) itself instead of a Forum ID?
I.E., A member would be required to post a comment before being allowed to vote.