Is there a free PHP library that can be used for captcha

Question

Hello all,

In the our website, we adopt reCAPTCHA to prevent spam. However, our clients complain that the validation is too complicated. I also agree that the reCAPTCHA is way too complicated for a regular person to read. It is especially hard for people who don't know English.

I found that the CAPTCHA function of mail.yahoo.com is reasonable and I don't know whether or not I can use it for free like reCAPTCHA.

Thank you

Update

I think my original idea is to find a free PHP library that can be used for captcha. I just need some simple way to do the captcha rather than make my clients feel it is so difficult even for a real human to solve the words.

Answer 1

Most hosts allow GD image manipulation for PHP. Its actually really easy to learn, and you could make your own captcha script in 10 or 20 minutes. That is, if you already know PHP.

This is a pretty simple script example: linky

Answer 2

I built a simple captcha class based on GD. It even has a math mode if images are to hard for your users.

http://github.com/Xeoncross/micromvc/blob/v2.0.0/modules/core/classes/captcha.php

Answer 3

I'd recommend one more place: phpclasses.org, in this site, you can find all sort of PHP resources. I had to use a captcha and found it there. I downloaded it, but lost the link tough, sorry :(

Anyways, looking for a captcha class there won't take more than 5 minutes.

Try this url

Best regards, David!

Answer 4

I'm not sure if there are any classes yet for this, but instead of a CAPTCHA, you could keep a collection of anti-bot questions like "Is fire hot or cold?" and use those instead of images. That method is becoming increasingly popular in web apps.

Edit: like this! http://textcaptcha.com/

Answer 5

Microsoft's ASIRRA, it's just pictures of cats and dogs and you have to select all the cats.