CoolCaptcha is a captcha bundle for the Laravel framework. It does not require any external dependencies and is easy to use.
php artisan bundle:install coolcaptcha
Note: CoolCaptcha requires to have a Session Driver set. Check /application/config/session.php. I recommend you to set 'driver' => 'file', especially for development. Setting "'driver' => 'cookie'" on localhost may cause domain-related problems.
Add the following to your /application/bundles.php file:
'coolcaptcha' => array('auto' => true, 'handles' => 'coolcaptcha'),In /application/routes.php place something like:
// on "get" we display /views/layouts/register.php, which contains our registration form
Route::get('register', function()
{
return View::make('layouts.register');
});
// on "post" we validate the input
Route::post('register', function()
{
$rules = array(
'captcha' => 'coolcaptcha|required'
);
$messages = array(
'coolcaptcha' => 'Invalid captcha',
);
$validation = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules, $messages);
if ($validation->valid())
{
// valid captcha
} else
{
return Redirect::to('register')->with_errors($validation);
}
});Feel free to add to the above code other validation rules according to your application.
Next, in your view (say, /views/layouts/register.php), place something like:
echo Form::open('register', 'POST', array('class' => 'register_form'));
... [other fields] ...
echo Form::text('captcha', '', array('class' => 'captchainput', 'placeholder' => 'Insert captcha...'));
echo Form::image(CoolCaptcha\Captcha::img(), 'captcha', array('class' => 'captchaimg'));
... [other fields] ...
echo Form::close();You can configure all settings in config/config.php. Each line of the config is thoroughly documented.
This bundle is maintained by Sinan Eldem (sinan@sinaneldem.com.tr). If you have any questions or suggestions, email me. You can always grab the latest version from http://github.com/sineld/coolcaptcha