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symbiote-library/silverstripe-spamprotection-honeypot
=====================================================

Provide Honeypot spam protection for SilverStripe CMS.

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SpamProtection Honeypot Module
==============================

[](#spamprotection-honeypot-module)

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Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Provide Honeypot spam protection for SilverStripe CMS. Create a form field hidden from users that invalidates submission if it contains any data. Also invalidate submissions that respond to quickly.

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

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe 3.1.0 and newer or 3.2 and newer.
- SilverStripe [SpamProtection](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-spamprotection) 1.2 or newer.

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

Run the following to add this module as a requirement and install it via composer.

```
$ composer require symbiote-library/silverstripe-spamprotection-honeypot
```

### Manually

[](#manually)

Copy the 'silverstripe-spamprotection-honeypot' folder to the root of your SilverStripe installation.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create a configuration file `spamprotection.yml` in `mysite/_config` with the following configuration.

```
---
name: spamprotection
---
SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Extension\FormSpamProtectionExtension:
  default_spam_protector: '\Symbiote\SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Honeypot\SpamProtector\HoneypotSpamProtector'
```

Then enable spam protection on your form by calling `Form::enableSpamProtection()`.

```
public function ExampleForm()
{
    $form = new ExampleForm($this, 'Example');

    $form->enableSpamProtection();

    return $form;
}
```

You can change the amount time that is checked to see if the response is made too quickly with the following configuration.

```
Symbiote\SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Honeypot\FormField\HoneypotField:
  time_limit: 1
```

This example changes the time to 1 second. The default is set to 5 seconds.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Tom Densham](https://github.com/nedmas)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The BSD-2-Clause License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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 ~195 days

Recently: every ~226 days

Total

8

Last Release

2898d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02018-06-12

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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