Restrict a Thread depending on users' posts

[Tekton]

Hello. I was pretty bored tonight/this morning so I thought I'd play around with this idea. Here's what I did so far:

Step 1 - Made `req_posts` field (INT, default=0) in THREAD table. (database)

### FOLLOWING DONE IN FORUMDISPLAY.PHP ###

Step 2 - Added req_posts into the thread query

PHP Code:

$threads = $DB_site->query("SELECT [...], req_posts, [...] 


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Step 3 - Find:

PHP Code:

while ($thread = $DB_site->fetch_array($threads))    
{ // AND $counter++<$perpage) 


Add AFTER

PHP Code:

$bbuserinfo['posts']+=1; // min post count requirment minimum | line 1
if($bbuserinfo['posts']>=$thread['req_posts']){    // min post count requirment minimum | line 2 


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Step 4 - Find:

PHP Code:

eval('$threadbit .= "' . fetch_template('threadbit') . '";');
} 


Add AFTER

PHP Code:

} // min post count requirment minimum | line 3 | last line 


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That should prevent them from showing up in the forum display... which is a start, eh? If you're wondering about the +1 to the bbuserinfo[posts], it seems to error out my way for GUESTS and users not logged in, not that adding one to that is a HUGE deal; it's just one extra line of code and doesn't actually add to the post count. Maybe someone knows a better way?