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Class: Animated CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA validation using animated math expressions
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AnimatedCaptcha v1.1 >> 5-31-07 This Animated Gif Captcha system is brought to you courtesy of ... josh@betteradv.com ==> Josh Storz http://www.querythe.net/Animated-Gif-Captcha/ ==> Download Current Version OOP (PHP 4 & 5) Interface by ... krakjoe@krakjoe.info ==> J Watkins The GIFEncoder class was written by ... http://gifs.hu ==> László Zsidi http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/3163.html ==> Download Current Version This file is part of QueryThe.Net's AnimatedCaptcha Package. QueryThe.Net's AnimatedCaptcha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. QueryThe.Net's AnimatedCaptcha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with QueryThe.Net's AnimatedCaptcha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA *********************** ** ** ** Features ** ** ** *********************** - Bold letters & numbers on a white background ... Easy for anyone to read and comprehend - Layered Captcha image, very hard for robots to decipher - Random frames number and time elapsed, so if they do decipher the animated gif AnimatedCaptcha will still keep them guessing - Math oriented so it's language independent - Questions are simple enough for a 10 year old to answer - No co-dependencies on the GD library - PHP 4 or 5 - Optional Object Oriented Programming - All browsers (except text based ones) can render a .gif flawlessly - All answers are positive whole numbers (no decimals or fractions) - 125 different question combinations by default *********************** ** ** ** Files ** ** ** *********************** readme.txt - this file example.php - working implementation of AnimatedCaptcha index.php - Displays a randomly generated animated gif & sets session variables OOP4.php - Object-Oriented version of AnimatedCaptcha for PHP4 OOP5.php - Object-Oriented version of AnimatedCaptcha for PHP5 GIFEncoder.class.php - class for stitching frames together to create animation effect /frames/ - folder containing all possible images - solve.gif ... 1st frame - equals.gif ... last frame - plus.gif, minus.gif, times.gif ... operators (+,-,*) - 0-9.gif ... an image for each possible number *********************** ** ** ** Installation ** ** ** *********************** 1> Upload the AnimatedCaptcha folder (including sub-folders) to your host in a location visible to the web. Erase the version number at the end of the folder name. 2> Navigate to /AnimatedCaptcha/example.php and try the the script out 3> Implement into your existing site and enjoy a spam free environment :] *********************** ** ** ** Common Hacks ** ** ** *********************** 1> Implement AnimatedCaptcha using an Object Oriented programming paradigm - OOP4.php & OOP5.php work flawlessly right out of the box. Goto line 48 in example.php and uncomment your choice of implementations to switch to OOP. 2> Change the way the animation looks - create new frames using The GIMP or Photoshop and upload over the existing images in /frames/. GIF FORMAT ONLY!!! 3> Increase / Decrease the time elapsed between frames - Seek out $time [ ] array in index.php, OOP4.php or OOP5.php and make your changes. 100 = 1 second. 4> Increase the number of answers - Search out rand(1, 9) in index.php {~line 21 & 22} and change them to your desired settings {ex. rand(0, 99) for random numbers between 0-99}. 5> Only use +/- (no multiplication) - Search out rand(0, 2) in index.php {~line 23} and change to rand(0, 1).