Small change to Limit plugin, to allow not specifying a user element,…

… and just treating the limit as an overall limit on submissions to the list.

plugins/fabrik_form/limit/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_fabrik_form_limit.ini

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PLG_FORM_LIMIT_USER_ELEMENT_DESC="The element that contains user or user group i
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_MAX_ELEMENT_LABEL="Max element"
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_MAX_ELEMENT_DESC="The element that states how many entries the user can enter"
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_USER_LABEL="User element"
-PLG_FORM_LIMIT_USER_DESC="The forms user element that stores the user id"
+PLG_FORM_LIMIT_USER_DESC="The forms user element that stores the user id.  Specify this if you want to limit per user.  Leave blank if you just want a single overall limit on submissions to this list."
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_REACHED_MSG_LABEL="Limit reached message"
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_REACHED_MSG_DESC="The message to show when the user can no longer add records. Use '{limit}' to show the user's maximum number of allowed entries"
 PLG_FORM_LIMIT_SHOW_LIMIT_MESSAGE_DESC="This message tells the user how many entries he can still submit"

plugins/fabrik_form/limit/limit.php

@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ private function _process()
 		}
 
 		$limit = $this->limit();
+
+		// Allow for unlimited
+		if ($limit == -1)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		$c = $this->count();
 
 		if ($c === false)
@@ -67,12 +74,6 @@ private function _process()
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		// Allow for unlimited
-		if ($limit == -1)
-		{
-			return true;
-		}
-
 		if ($c >= $limit)
 		{
 			$msg = $params->get('limit_reached_message', JText::sprintf('PLG_FORM_LIMIT_LIMIT_REACHED', $limit));
@@ -105,10 +106,12 @@ protected function count()
 		$fk = $params->get('limit_fk');
 		$fkVal = '';
 
+		/*
 		if (empty($field))
 		{
 			return false;
 		}
+		*/
 
 		if (!empty($fk))
 		{
@@ -127,8 +130,13 @@ protected function count()
 		$list = $listModel->getTable();
 		$db = $listModel->getDb();
 		$query = $db->getQuery(true);
-		$query->clear()->select(' COUNT(' . $field . ')')->from($list->db_table_name)->where($field . ' = ' .
+		$query->clear()->select(' COUNT(*)')->from($list->db_table_name);
+
+		if (!empty($field))
+		{
+			$query->where($field . ' = ' .
 			(int) $this->user->get('id'));
+		}
 
 		if (!empty($fkVal))
 		{