Adding a simple human verification test

Ok after numerous requests I have decided to write this mod to let you add a test to make sure the poster is human. It's not infallible and will not stop human posters from spamming. If you don't fancy trying to edit the files yourself you can find them pre edited at http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/

For Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 (instructions for 2.2 are after)
For 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 follow 2.3.2

Open templates/form.php

Find

replace that with

next find

Replace that with

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php UNLESS you are using the guestbook as a module in PHP Nuke in which case make these changes to index.php

For 2.3.1 find

replace with

For 2.3.2 find

replace with

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find

replace that with

Next find

and replace that with

Now find

Replace with

Next find

and replace it with

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find

and replace it with

Save and close the file and you are done.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2.2

Open templates/form.php

Find

replace that with

next find

Replace that with

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php

find

replace with

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find

replace that with

Next find

and replace that with

Now find

Replace with

Next find

and replace it with

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find

and replace it with

Save and close the file and you are done.

there was a small cock up above. In add.class.php it should be
var $bottest = '';
and not
var bottest = '';

I integrated the mod in my guestbook this morning, and it works fine. Thanks! Let's hope that it stops the spam.
However, I had to correct a slight mistake in the last change in lib/add.class.php, otherwise the answer would always be empty:

In the following line, the '$' in front of bottestanswer is wrong.

Correct line:

Two mistakes isn't bad for a mod I made up as I typed it in here lol. Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

I have included the mod into one of my guestbooks, including the error fix but now i'm getting a
Guestbook - Error
You forgot to fill in the Name field. Please correct it and re-submit.

i''m running ad_guestbook 2.3.1 and double checked all the changes, of course i put in a name in the name field as well as the human verification check.

Any ideas?

You've either made an error in addentry.php or add.class.php. Email the two files to me at webmaster@carbonize.co.uk

Whoops just fixed the error I had above. It should of been
in 2.3.x

working really good now! thanks for the great mod and the fast fix.

fng wrote:I have included the mod into one of my guestbooks, including the error fix but now i'm getting a
Guestbook - Error
You forgot to fill in the Name field. Please correct it and re-submit.

i''m running ad_guestbook 2.3.1 and double checked all the changes, of course i put in a name in the name field as well as the human verification check.

Any ideas?

I'm getting this same error.

Check the updated version of the instructions at the top.

Carbonize, even though my guestbook says it's 2.3.1 the coding in addentry.php looks like this:
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"] : '';

instead of this:
$gb_post->name = (isset($_POST["gb_name"])) ? $_POST["gb_name"] : '';

Actually 2.3.1 should say

Looks like I will have to alter that bit so it has sections for 2.2, 2.3.1 and 2.3.2

Thanks, I'll go give that a try.

This is what I did and I'm still getting the error:

$gb_post->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';

got a link?