checking user post number after posting

I started talking about an affilaite program thing in chit chat but as i thought about i have a more specific idea so thought i would add it here. Hope that is ok.

What I want to know if i can do, is, after a person posts to check the mySQL database to see how many posts that person has made. If that person has made say 100 posts I want the the next page (the "thank you for posting" bit page to load an image of the form
<img src="http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi?posts=100&extra=$id">

if you see what i mean. So I would need an if, elseif type statmement. Is this possible. Finally, the $id i want is going to be 1 of the fields in the user's profile so I also want to be able to "call that".

Is this possible? Where do I start. Thanks

no response? is it possible or do i need to explain it better? thanks.

"All is possible"

Ditto to rangersfan. PHP 0wns you!

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please explain (1337 h4X0r sp34|< 0wnz j00!!!111)

I didn't want to go all-out, but if you want!!!

Man, reminds me of my old BBS-ing days.. Sigh.

um... yes

like the sig ed

Off to that PHP manual.

Off topic, what is the best PHP book for someone who has done almost no programming apart from installing a few cgi hacks and a bit of OPL on a psion

Thanks.

I think "Professional PHP Programming" by WROX Press is a good book to start with...

thank you, off to infront.co.uk to get it then.