[amykhar]

You might look at this function:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtok.php

This would help you get the count of the number of words in the message field.

Then, you would need a new field in your database for total number of words posted.

The problem is, users who already have a lot of posts aren't going to have accurate averages unless you create two new fields in the database. One for total words, one for number of posts made since the hack was installed.

Hope that helps you get started.

Amy