PHPackages                             domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Authentication & Authorization](/categories/authentication)
4. /
5. domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha

ActiveCakephp-plugin[Authentication & Authorization](/categories/authentication)

domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha
=================================

Plugin for CakePHP 2.x to use a Honeypot Captcha

0.1.3(8y ago)0881MITPHP

Since Aug 29Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha)[ RSS](/packages/domingosjunior87-honeypot-captcha/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (6)Used By (0)

HoneypotCaptcha
===============

[](#honeypotcaptcha)

Plugin for CakePHP 2.x to use a Honeypot Captcha

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3+
- CakePHP 2.X

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

[](#installation)

In your app directory type

```
composer require domingosjunior87/honeypot-captcha

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

In app/Config/bootstrap.php add:

```
CakePlugin::load('HoneypotCaptcha');
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In controller, import the component and the helper, like this:

```
public $components = array(
    'HoneypotCaptcha.Honeypot' => array(
        'text' => array('email_user', 'email_admin'),
        'checkbox' => array('validate_submit', 'validate_form'),
        'hidden' => array('phone_number'),
        'errorMessage' => "Error message"
    )
);

public $helpers = array('HoneypotCaptcha.Honeypot');
```

In view, just put this, inside a form tag:

```
echo $this->Honeypot->render();
```

When submit the form, validate data:

```
if (!$this->Honeypot->validate()) {
	return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
}
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~4 days

Total

4

Last Release

3164d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/30b69c94d66da372cef5014865a097f3bee41f91a7765464c1a2a67ce2d97a16?d=identicon)[domingosjunior87](/maintainers/domingosjunior87)

---

Top Contributors

[![domingosjunior87](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5103297?v=4)](https://github.com/domingosjunior87 "domingosjunior87 (6 commits)")

---

Tags

cakephpcakephp-pluginhoneypot-captchaphpplugincakephpcaptchaHoneypot

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/domingosjunior87-honeypot-captcha/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/domingosjunior87-honeypot-captcha/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/domingosjunior87-honeypot-captcha)
```

###  Alternatives

[dereuromark/cakephp-tinyauth

A CakePHP plugin to handle user authentication and authorization the easy way.

129228.6k10](/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-tinyauth)[markstory/acl_extras

Additional tools for managing DB ACL in CakePHP applications.

155311.0k](/packages/markstory-acl-extras)[ivanamat/cakephp3-aclmanager

AclManager plugin for CakePHP 3.x

2715.2k](/packages/ivanamat-cakephp3-aclmanager)[crabstudio/recaptcha

Easily use Google Recaptcha in CakePHP projects

20112.2k1](/packages/crabstudio-recaptcha)[xety/cake3-cookieauth

A simple Cake3 plugin to authenticate users with Cookies.

1954.7k2](/packages/xety-cake3-cookieauth)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)