BotDetect Laravel 4.2 CAPTCHA Integration Quickstart

1. Installing the BotDetect Laravel Captcha Composer Package

Path Aliases Used Throughout This Guide

<MY_LARAVEL_WEBROOT>: the root of the application install (same as the base_path() Laravel helper)
<MY_LARAVEL_APP>: the app directory (same as the app_path() Laravel helper)
<BD_LARAVEL_PACK>: the downloaded and extracted contents of the BotDetect Captcha Laravel Package

Note: If you do not have Composer yet, you can install it by following the instructions on https://getcomposer.org

With local Git (Default)
Without local Git

If you have Git installed on your development machine, you should use the following installation procedure:

Step 1: Install the BotDetect Laravel Captcha Composer Package

Run the following command in your application's root directory:

Step 2: Register the Laravel Captcha service provider (<MY_LARAVEL_APP>/config/app.php):

"providers" => array(
  ...
  "LaravelCaptcha\Providers\LaravelCaptchaServiceProvider"
)

If you DON'T have Git installed on your development machine, you should use the following installation procedure:

Step 1: Open composer.json file from your application's root directory and add the repository (<MY_LARAVEL_WEBROOT>/composer.json):

{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "http://packages.captcha.com"
    }
  ]
}

Step 2: Install the BotDetect Laravel Captcha Composer Package

Run the following command in your application's root directory:

Step 2: Register the Laravel Captcha service provider (<MY_LARAVEL_APP>/config/app.php):

"providers" => array(
  ...
  "LaravelCaptcha\Providers\LaravelCaptchaServiceProvider"
)

2. Show a Captcha Challenge on the Form

Register GET and POST routes:

Route::get('example', 'ExampleController@getExample');
Route::post('example', 'ExampleController@postExample');

Captcha configuration options (/app/config/captcha.php):

<?php if (!class_exists('CaptchaConfiguration')) { return; }

// BotDetect PHP Captcha configuration options

return array(
  // Captcha configuration for example page
  'ExampleCaptcha' => array(
    'UserInputID' => 'CaptchaCode',
    'ImageWidth' => 250,
    'ImageHeight' => 50,
  ),

);

Showing a Captcha challenge in a View:

  {{ HTML::style(captcha_layout_stylesheet_url()) }}
</head>

  [...]

   {{ captcha_image_html('ExampleCaptcha') }}
  {{ Form::text('CaptchaCode', null, array('id' => 'CaptchaCode')) }}

3. Check User Input During Form Submission

When a form is submitted, Captcha validation result must be checked in a Controller code:

<?php

class ExampleController extends BaseController {

  public function getExample() {
    return View::make('example');
  }

  public function postExample() {
    // validate the user-entered Captcha code when the form is submitted
    $code = Input::get('CaptchaCode');
    $isHuman = captcha_validate($code);

    if ($isHuman) {
      // TODO: Captcha validation passed, perform protected  action
    } else {
      // TODO: Captcha validation failed, show error message
    }
  }

}

In-Depth Laravel CAPTCHA Instructions and Explanations

Detailed Laravel Captcha instructions and explanations can be found in the Laravel 4.2 Captcha integration how to guide.

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