Hi all,
I need to create a registration system for contest entries. The system needs to comply with COPPA regs and disallow any users under 13. A cookie (or other session control type method) needs to be in place to discourage a user from re-entering their data with a false birthdate.
The path I'm going down provides the entry form, the date of birth field would be translated to an age in another field. The form would be validated by a second file. An IF statement would check the age. For under 13, they would receive a message saying that their reg could not be processed, and a cookie would be set with deny or something like that. If they were 13 or older their data would be stored and they would receive a thanks for your entry message.
I am able to create the entry page quite simply with PHPRunner. That and my theory is about as far as I am right now. I'm really looking for some suggestions and collaboration. Any suggestions on how this could be accomplished with PHPRunner would be ideal, I'm not a PHP programmer but am working on learning as I go.
I've looked all over the web and kind of expected to find a prefab solution posted somewhere. Since I didn't find one I'd very much like to share the end result with others afterwards.