botBlock Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for botBlock:

Public Member Functions
	construct ()
	botBlockFields ()
	block ()
	redirectBot ($message)
Data Fields
	$timeLapse = 10
	$throttle = 10
	$chancesBeforeThrottle = 2
	$fakeName = 'default'
	$addToDOM = 'form'
	$validateKey = true
Protected Member Functions
	validatePost ()
	validateToken ()

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Detailed Description

Silent blocks spam for forms.

Author:

Jason Schoeman, maheshchari.com

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Member Function Documentation

block

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)

This is called in controller with final condition to validate the form against spam. I am not really feeling good today, life is too much sometimes, my wife sometimes just wont understand me...

Returns:

boolean

botBlockFields

(

)

Adds fake fields to your forms for extra checking, spam bots will complete them so we can catch them.

Returns:

boolean

construct

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)

Initiate botBlock.

Reimplemented from PHPDS_dependant.

redirectBot

(

$

message

)

Logs bot confirmed post attempt and forwards it to error page.

Parameters:

string

Spam detection in error message.

Returns:

boolean

validatePost

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)

[protected]

Use inside your form brackets to send through a token validation to limit $this->post received from external pages.

Returns:

string Returns hidden input field.

validateToken

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)

[protected]

Validates the posted key against system key, it is most probable that the spam bot wont know what it is.

Returns:

boolean

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Field Documentation

$addToDOM = 'form'

$chancesBeforeThrottle = 2

$fakeName = 'default'

$throttle = 10

$timeLapse = 10

$validateKey = true

Does a validation of the form by comparing secret keys inside it, bots will mosty not be able to figure this out and will require the secret key with javascript to do so.

$var boolean

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /home/jason/NetBeansProjects/phpdev/plugins/BotBlock/includes/botBlock.class.php