/** Fetch the math */
 function fetchMath($sum)
 {
     if (class_exists('MathRenderer')) {
         $math = MathRenderer::getRenderer($sum, array(), MW_MATH_PNG);
     } else {
         throw new Exception('MathCaptcha requires the Math extension for MediaWiki versions 1.18 and above.');
     }
     $html = $math->render();
     return preg_replace('/alt=".*?"/', '', $html);
 }