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closca/captcha
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Captcha Package for Laravel 4

126PHP

Since Aug 7Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Captcha for Laravel 4
=====================

[](#captcha-for-laravel-4)

A simple [Laravel 4](http://four.laravel.com/) service provider for including the [Captcha for Laravel 4](https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha).

Preview
-------

[](#preview)

[![Preview](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d82ebc3307d2dee86766a9cc3b8d044546dc0bdd4ca3f722b3618f35191c379e/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6b665859686c6b2e6a70673f31)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d82ebc3307d2dee86766a9cc3b8d044546dc0bdd4ca3f722b3618f35191c379e/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6b665859686c6b2e6a70673f31)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The Captcha Service Provider can be installed via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) by requiring the `mews/captcha` package and setting the `minimum-stability` to `dev` (required for Laravel 4) in your project's `composer.json`.

```
{
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
        "mews/captcha": "dev-master-l4"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev"
}
```

\###Updated Installation

The improvements of mauris's fork over mewebstudio are listed on the [pull request](https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha/pull/14).

In order to use [mauris's](https://github.com/mauris/captcha) fork, the repository meeds to be added into the `composer.json` in the following manner:

```
{
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
        "mews/captcha": "1.0.*"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://github.com/mauris/captcha"
        }
    ]
}
```

Update your packages with `composer update` or install with `composer install`.

In Windows, you'll need to include the GD2 DLL `php_gd2.dll` as an extension in php.ini.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use the Captcha Service Provider, you must register the provider when bootstrapping your Laravel application. There are essentially two ways to do this.

Find the `providers` key in `app/config/app.php` and register the Captcha Service Provider.

```
    'providers' => array(
        // ...
        'Mews\Captcha\CaptchaServiceProvider',
    )
```

Find the `aliases` key in `app/config/app.php`.

```
    'aliases' => array(
        // ...
        'Captcha' => 'Mews\Captcha\Facades\Captcha',
    )
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

To use your own settings, publish config.

`$ php artisan config:publish mews/captcha`

Example Usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

```
    // [your site path]/app/routes.php

    Route::any('/captcha-test', function()
    {

        if (Request::getMethod() == 'POST')
        {
            $rules =  array('captcha' => array('required', 'captcha'));
            $validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
            if ($validator->fails())
            {
                echo 'Incorrect!';
            }
            else
            {
                echo 'Matched :)';
            }
        }

        $content = Form::open(array(URL::to(Request::segment(1))));
        $content .= '' . HTML::image(Captcha::img(), 'Captcha image') . '';
        $content .= '' . Form::text('captcha') . '';
        $content .= '' . Form::submit('Check') . '';
        $content .= '' . Form::close() . '';
        return $content;

    });
```

^\_^

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [L4 Captcha on Github](https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha)
- [L4 Captcha on Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mews/captcha)
- [For L3 on Github](https://github.com/mewebstudio/mecaptcha)
- [License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
- [Laravel website](http://laravel.com)
- [Laravel Turkiye website](http://www.laravel.gen.tr)
- [MeWebStudio website](http://www.mewebstudio.com)

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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