johntaa/captcha

Captcha for Laravel PHP Framework

Captcha for Laravel 4.*

For Laravel 5 change to branch masterl5

It is just a copy of https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha but maintained to serve Laravel framework, _(*1)

A simple Laravel framework service provider for including the Captcha for Laravel framework., _(*2)

Preview

, _(*3)

Installation

Note: This Script Requires GD extension to be installed

The Captcha Service Provider can be installed via Composer by requiring the mews/captcha package and setting the minimum-stability to dev (required for Laravel 4.1) in your project's composer.json., _(*4)

{
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "4.*",
        "johntaa/captcha": "dev-master" 
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev"
}

Update your packages with composer update or install with composer install., _(*5)

Usage

To use the Captcha Service Provider, you must register the provider when bootstrapping your Laravel application. There are essentially two ways to do this., _(*6)

Find the providers key in app/config/app.php and register the Captcha Service Provider., _(*7)

    'providers' => array(
        // ...
        'Johntaa\Captcha\CaptchaServiceProvider',
    )

Find the aliases key in app/config/app.php., _(*8)

    'aliases' => array(
        // ...
        'Captcha' => 'Johntaa\Captcha\Facades\Captcha',
    )

Configuration

To use your own settings, publish config., _(*9)

$ php artisan config:publish johntaa/captcha, _(*10)

Example Usage

    // [your site path]/app/routes.php

    Route::any('/captcha-test', function()
    {

        if (Request::getMethod() == 'POST')
        {
            $rules =  array('captcha' => array('required', 'captcha'));
            $validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
            if ($validator->fails())
            {
                echo '<p style="color: #ff0000;">Incorrect!</p>';
            }
            else
            {
                echo '<p style="color: #00ff30;">Matched :)</p>';
            }
        }

        $content = Form::open(array(URL::to(Request::segment(1))));
        $content .= '<p>' . HTML::image(Captcha::img(), 'Captcha image') . '</p>';
        $content .= '<p>' . Form::text('captcha') . '</p>';
        $content .= '<p>' . Form::submit('Check') . '</p>';
        $content .= '<p>' . Form::close() . '</p>';
        return $content;

    });