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fungku/spamguard
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Guarding form requests from spam bots.

v0.2.0(10y ago)131282Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Jul 5Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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SpamGuard
=========

[](#spamguard)

Guarding form requests against bots.

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Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require fungku/spamguard
```

Add the service provider to `config/app.php` in the `providers` array:

```
Fungku\SpamGuard\Providers\SpamGuardServiceProvider::class,
```

Add the alias to `config/app.php` in the `aliases` array:

```
'SpamGuard' => Fungku\SpamGuard\Facades\SpamGuard::class,
```

Config (optional)
-----------------

[](#config-optional)

If you'd like to change the default package config values, then publish the config and change the defaults...

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Fungku\SpamGuard\Providers\SpamGuardConfigServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use the spamguard, there are two things you need to do.

### 1. Add the *SpamGuard* form elements in your form

[](#1-add-the-spamguard-form-elements-in-your-form)

Somewhere inside your form, just use `SpamGuard::html()`.

Using all spam guard elements:

```

    {!! SpamGuard::html() !!}

```

Specifying specific elements:

```

    {!! SpamGuard::html(['spam_honeypot', 'spam_timer', 'spam_recaptcha']) !!}

```

### 2. Add the *SpamGuard* middleware to your route or controller

[](#2-add-the-spamguard-middleware-to-your-route-or-controller)

Specifying specific middlewares:

```
class MyController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('spam_honeypot');
        $this->middleware('spam_timer');
        $this->middleware('spam_recaptcha');
    }
}
```

Using all spam middleware:

```
$this->middleware('spamguard');
```

Using the `spam_timer` middleware in a controller normally and overriding the `min_time` and `max_time` for a specific action:

```
$this->middleware('spam_timer:10,300', ['only' => 'postComment']);
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

Currently there are four spam middleware registered:

- `spam_honeypot`
- `spam_timer`
- `spam_recaptcha`
- `spamguard`: A catch-all of all the available SpamGuard middleware listed above.

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

If you are selectively using elements and middleware, please note that the elements you use must match up with the middleware you assign to the routes.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~22 days

Recently: every ~3 days

Total

10

Last Release

3766d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f839bc1a48d9699534fdfd618ad477afe371e9ce70c76885a5cb851895ab7289?d=identicon)[ryanwinchester](/maintainers/ryanwinchester)

---

Top Contributors

[![ryanwinchester](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2897340?v=4)](https://github.com/ryanwinchester "ryanwinchester (41 commits)")

---

Tags

middlewarelaravelspambot

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