Joomla 2.5 Recaptcha
How to configure captcha (recaptcha plugin) 1. Open admin section and go to System-Global Configuration. Briefly, reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse. A “CAPTCHA” is a test to distinguish between humans and bots. Humans can solve it quite easily, but “bots” and other malicious software have a hard time figuring it out. Lets see how to enable and use reCAPTCHA in Joomla.
Extends JObject
Joomla! Captcha base object
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Methods
__construct
Class constructor.
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Arguments
stringThe plugin to use.
arrayAssociative array of options.
_load
Load the Captcha plugin.
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Arguments
arrayAssociative array of options.
attach
Attach an observer object
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Arguments
objectAn observer object to attach
checkAnswer
Checks if the answer is correct.
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Arguments
stringThe answer.
Response
booleanWhether the provided answer was correct
detach
Detach an observer object
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Arguments
objectAn observer object to detach.
Response
booleanTrue if the observer object was detached.
display
Get the HTML for the captcha.
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Arguments
stringThe control name.
stringThe id for the control.
stringValue for the HTML class attribute
Response
mixedThe return value of the function 'onDisplay' of the selected Plugin.
getInstance
Returns the global Captcha object, only creating itif it doesn't already exist.
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Arguments
stringThe plugin to use.
arrayAssociative array of options.
Response
JoomlaCMSCaptchaCaptcha nullInstance of this class.
getState
Get the state of the Captcha object
initialise
Fire the onInit event to initialise the captcha plugin.
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Arguments
stringThe id of the field.
Response
booleanTrue on success
setupField
Method to react on the setup of a captcha field. Gives the possibilityto change the field and/or the XML element for the field.
Arguments
JoomlaCMSFormFieldCaptchaFieldCaptcha field instance
SimpleXMLElementXML form definition
Properties
_observers
An array of Observer objects to notify
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_state
The state of the observable object
_methods
A multi dimensional array of [function][] = key for observers
_captcha
Captcha Plugin object
_name
Editor Plugin name
_instances
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Array of instances of this class.
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Type(s)
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array<mixed,JoomlaCMSCaptchaCaptcha>