Form Captcha Magic
Version 1.0
"Best way to prevent automatic
submission to your form"
Table of contents:
IMPORTANT NOTE:-
Did this title grab your attention? Good! It should really do! Please read on ...
You should be 100% sure that the files config.php, captcha.php, captchalib.php, check.php and the subdirectory admin are exists in the same directory of your web form
Give read/write permissions to the file config.php , this file will include your preferences, it needs to be accessible for reading and writing operations that can be done easily by right click on it and select properties
Enter the code shown <input type="text" name="pfw_security_code" size="20"><p><img border="0" src="captcha.php" ></p> |
the above HTML code will generate the captcha picture which include the distorted text appears in your form along with a text box for your visitor to enter the security code he sees in the picture.
Open your form processor file , it's name should be mentioned in the "action" parameter of your <form> tag, please add the following PHP line at the top of the file just after the "<?php" line or after the validation code if you are aware of PHP scripting
require_once("check.php"); |
Now open your form in the browser , you should see the captcha image, if you don't see the image please click here , the distorted text should be changed whenever you refresh your form , try to enter an invalid security code and see weather or not the error message appears correctly then try to add it correctly and see what happens , To change size, font, border, error message mode please display the admin page and make any changes you like at ../admin/admin.php
The administration page is used to change the characteristics of the captcha system so that you may tailor it to meet your expectations, the admin page includes 5 important sections :
<!-- error alert goes here --> |
IMPORTANT NOTE:-
the above feature is not recommended unless the form doesn't make anything other than checking the security code which is very rare..
Q: I don't see the turing picture in my form
?
A: This might happened if you try to open the
form on your computer by just double clicking the form file, this wont display the
image because it is created by a PHP script need to be run on your server,
you need to share the folder which contain the form in your PC, then open your
browser and type
http://localhost/folder-name/form-name.html
or simply upload the form ,type the URL of it in the address bar of your
browser.
also you need to make sure that
- Your form is in the same directory of the files "config.php", "captcha.php", "captchalib.php" the font file "CENTURY.TTF" and the sub directory "admin" .
- You need to be sure that you add the code which display the image (step 7 in the installation) within the <form> </form>
Q: Can turing text
be case insensitive?
A: Yes, All you have to do is
display the admin page at /admin/admin.php and uncheck the "sensitive security
code comparison" box .
Q: Can the size of turing image and length
of security code be changed?
A: Yes, you can change
size , font , border and code length from your admin page
If you still have any question please contact us at sales@websitedatabases.com , we will respond within one business day .