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cradlephp/cradle-captcha
========================

Google Captcha handler for Cradle

2.3.0(5y ago)086911MITPHP

Since Mar 12Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/CradlePHP/cradle-captcha)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cradlephp/cradle-captcha)[ RSS](/packages/cradlephp-cradle-captcha/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4d ago

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cradle-captcha
==============

[](#cradle-captcha)

Google Captcha Helpers

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require cradlephp/cradle-captcha

```

Then in `/bootstrap.php`, add

```
->register('cradlephp/cradle-captcha')

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Go to  and register for a token and secret.

Open `/config/services.php` and add

```
'captcha-main' => array(
    'token' => '',
    'secret' => ''
),

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In any of your routes add the following code.

```
cradle()->trigger('captcha-load', $request, $response);

```

The CSRF token will be found in `$request->getStage('captcha')`. In your form template, be sure to add this key in a hidden field like the following.

```

```

When validating this form in a route you can use the following

```
cradle()->trigger('captcha-validate', $request, $response);

```

If there is an error, it will be found in the response error object message. You can check this using the following.

```
if($response->isError()) {
    $message = $response->getMessage();
    //report the error
}

```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~92 days

Recently: every ~131 days

Total

10

Last Release

2156d ago

Major Versions

0.0.5 → 2.1.x-dev2018-11-23

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120378?v=4)[Christian Blanquera](/maintainers/cblanquera)[@cblanquera](https://github.com/cblanquera)

---

Tags

captchacradlecradlephpv1v2cradlecradlephp

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