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<h1>CAPTCHA Helper</h1>
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<p>The CAPTCHA Helper file contains functions that assist in creating CAPTCHA images.</p>
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<h2>Loading this Helper</h2>
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<p>This helper is loaded using the following code:</p>
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<code>$this->load->helper('captcha');</code>
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<p>The following functions are available:</p>
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<h2>create_captcha(<var>$data</var>)</h2>
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<p>Takes an array of information to generate the CAPTCHA as input and creates the image to your specifications, returning an array of associative data about the image.</p>
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'image' => IMAGE TAG<br />
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'time' => TIMESTAMP (in microtime)<br />
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'word' => CAPTCHA WORD<br />
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<p>The "image" is the actual image tag:
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<code><img src="http://example.com/captcha/12345.jpg" width="140" height="50" /></code></p>
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<p>The "time" is the micro timestamp used as the image name without the file
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extension. It will be a number like this: 1139612155.3422</p>
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<p>The "word" is the word that appears in the captcha image, which if not
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supplied to the function, will be a random string.</p>
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<h3>Using the CAPTCHA helper</h3>
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<p>Once loaded you can generate a captcha like this:</p>
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<code>$vals = array(<br />
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'word' => 'Random word',<br />
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'img_path' => './captcha/',<br />
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'img_url' => 'http://example.com/captcha/',<br />
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'font_path' => './path/to/fonts/texb.ttf',<br />
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'img_width' => '150',<br />
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'img_height' => 30,<br />
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'expiration' => 7200<br />
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);<br />
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$cap = create_captcha($vals);<br />
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echo $cap['image'];</code>
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<li>The captcha function requires the GD image library.</li>
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<li>Only the img_path and img_url are required.</li>
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<li>If a "word" is not supplied, the function will generate a random
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ASCII string. You might put together your own word library that
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you can draw randomly from.</li>
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<li>If you do not specify a path to a TRUE TYPE font, the native ugly GD
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font will be used.</li>
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<li>The "captcha" folder must be writable (666, or 777)</li>
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<li>The "expiration" (in seconds) signifies how long an image will
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remain in the captcha folder before it will be deleted. The default
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<h3>Adding a Database</h3>
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<p>In order for the captcha function to prevent someone from submitting, you will need
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to add the information returned from <kbd>create_captcha()</kbd> function to your database.
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Then, when the data from the form is submitted by the user you will need to verify
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that the data exists in the database and has not expired.</p>
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<p>Here is a table prototype:</p>
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<code>CREATE TABLE captcha (<br />
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captcha_id bigint(13) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,<br />
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captcha_time int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,<br />
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ip_address varchar(16) default '0' NOT NULL,<br />
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word varchar(20) NOT NULL,<br />
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PRIMARY KEY `captcha_id` (`captcha_id`),<br />
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KEY `word` (`word`)<br />
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<p>Here is an example of usage with a database. On the page where the CAPTCHA will be shown you'll have something like this:</p>
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<code>$this->load->helper('captcha');<br />
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'img_path' => './captcha/',<br />
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'img_url' => 'http://example.com/captcha/'<br />
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);<br />
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$cap = create_captcha($vals);<br />
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'captcha_time' => $cap['time'],<br />
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'ip_address' => $this->input->ip_address(),<br />
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'word' => $cap['word']<br />
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);<br />
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$query = $this->db->insert_string('captcha', $data);<br />
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$this->db->query($query);<br />
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echo 'Submit the word you see below:';<br />
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echo $cap['image'];<br />
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echo '<input type="text" name="captcha" value="" />';</code>
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<p>Then, on the page that accepts the submission you'll have something like this:</p>
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<code>// First, delete old captchas<br />
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$expiration = time()-7200; // Two hour limit<br />
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$this->db->query("DELETE FROM captcha WHERE captcha_time < ".$expiration); <br />
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// Then see if a captcha exists:<br />
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$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM captcha WHERE word = ? AND ip_address = ? AND captcha_time > ?";<br />
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$binds = array($_POST['captcha'], $this->input->ip_address(), $expiration);<br />
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$query = $this->db->query($sql, $binds);<br />
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$row = $query->row();<br />
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if ($row->count == 0)<br />
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echo "You must submit the word that appears in the image";<br />
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