How to restrict user to upload only three images in a month using PHP/MySQL

Question

I am working on PHP. My question is How can restrict a user can upload only three images in a month.

My Mysql Database table --

CREATE TABLE `images`          


        

Answer 1

The basic idea is to count all images uploaded in the given month by given user, like:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `images` WHERE `user_name` = ? GROUP BY MONTH(`date`);

If the query above returns 3, you can prevent the upload.