eform + vericode problems [solved]

Bob

SPForm works fine, both in math test and non-math-test mode.

debug text all here:

Path to spfconfig file:
/home/benedic1/public_html/etaxtoday/assets/snippets/spform/spfconfig.cfg.php
Path to lang file:
/home/benedic1/public_html/etaxtoday/assets/snippets/spform/lang/en.inc.php
Verify URL:
http://www.etaxtoday.benedictustest.com/assets/snippets/spform/spfveriword.php
errorsto: [email protected]
spfUseSMTP:
spfSMTP_Host:
spfSMTP_Port:
useHiddenField:
warnHiddenField: 1
logOnHidden:
requireMouseOrKeyboard:
requireKeyboard:
requireMouse:
logMouseAndKeyboardErrors: 1
addSubjSig: 1
dfltSubj: etaxtoday.benedictustest.com contact
maxLinks: 3
maxRecipientLen: 65
maxSubjectLen: 100
mailAlso:
requireName: 1
requireSubj: 1
requireEmail: 1
spTextRows: 10
spTextCols: 50
spShowSingleRecipientTo:
requireVerify: 1
usemathString:
warnVerify: 1
reportRemoteHost: 1
reportRemoteUser: 1
reportRemoteAddr: 1
reportRemoteIdent: 1
reportOrigReferer: 1
formProcBlankRefOkay: 1
adviseOnReferer:
logOnReferer:
warnBanned: 1
adviseOnBan:
logOnBan:
adviseOnVerify:
logOnVerify:
chkFormRefNotSelf:
chkFormRefOwnServer:
chkFormRefNotBlank:
(Cookies must be enabled to use this form.)

Here’s my solution of course: just use SPForm - but I think that is going to be easier said than done. My current form feeds the output of 50 fields into a database (eForm2db) then builds a file from the same dataset and emails it to someone and sends acknowledgement emails to two parties. - I just wanted to add the captcha verify option as the last step...

Anyway - SPForm works, eForm doesn’t, so whatever is wrong, it isn’t something to do with PHP GD libraries etc.

So now I’m a bit stuck.

By the way, in the process of studying this, I turned captcha on for CMS logins. Couldn’t get in,so had to nobble the MySQL database direct to recover. Again, I could clearly read the Captcha codes, and typed them in cleanly, but they weren’t accepted.

Any ideas?



Nic Boyde

That is truly odd.

SPForm, Login CAPTCHA, and eForm all save the correct CAPTCHA answer to a $_SESSION variable, then check the user’s input against that $_SESSION variable for validation.

AFAIK, the code that does this in SPForm is the same as in the others. You could compare the two and see if there’s a difference in the session handling.

I guess it’s possible that your main vericode.php file is corrupted, but it seems really unlikely since it produces an image.

Trying to use SPForm for what you want would be a real nightmare since it’s not designed to have extra fields added or interact with eForm2DB.

It would probably be easier (though still a major job) to integrate the Mollom class (which has its own version of CAPTCHA and some other nice features) with eForm.

You might try to replace the main vericode.php file with the one in the SPForm directory, but it would get overwritten if you update MODx. I think it would work, but I’ve never tried it.

I wish I could be more helpful. :’(

Since the spammers have utilities to scan and read CAPTCHA images now, I quit using them. I have a dummy field hidden with CSS that is tested to make sure it remains empty, and since I put that on my site I haven’t received a single spam contact message. It’s in a snippet named checkField, and uses &eformOnValidate=`checkField` in the eForm snippet call.

Dear Bob and Susan

Firstly, Bob, I had come to the same conclusions about SESSION handling - but I don’t know enough about php to know what I’m doing in terms of spotting what might be wrong. And since I’m the only person, apparently, with the problem, it probably won’t benefit the MODx Community at large to find out what it might be.

I’m going to try Susan’s suggestion next - I’d seen several references to it on my hunt for elucidation - and as CAPTCHA is only a means to an end, anything else that provides the same end will do fine.

So thank you both for your unflagging help for those of us in dire straits.

Nic Boyde

Good luck.

I call the hidden field something seductive like last_name.

Here’s the CSS SPform uses to hide the extra field without being penalized (it’s not technically "hidden," just invisible):


If you look in assets/snippets/spform/spform.inc.php you can see some other spam-proofing measures.

BTW, the hidden field has not been completely foolproof for me.

Also, putting this near the top of your .htaccess file will block a lot of form-prospecting bots.

Hi Everybody!
I am a front-end web developer. I’ll start building sites on MODX and hopefully contributing the community in the near future.
I have the same problem. I always get "Wrong Verification Code" msg.
BTW, you shouldn’t said SOLVED when not (unless the solution is to change the snippet or not using captcha).

Let say that everything is implemented correctly - Is it possible that eForm 1.4.4.6 on MODx Evolution 1.0.0 just has the bug above?
I love eForm and I would love to use it.

Quote from: sottwell at Aug 08, 2009, 05:28 AM

Since the spammers have utilities to scan and read CAPTCHA images now, I quit using them. I have a dummy field hidden with CSS that is tested to make sure it remains empty, and since I put that on my site I haven’t received a single spam contact message. It’s in a snippet named checkField, and uses &eformOnValidate=`checkField` in the eForm snippet call.

<?php
function checkField(&$fields,&$vMsg,&$rMsg) {
    if(!empty($fields['Last__Name'])) {
        return false;
    } else {
    return true;
    }
}
?>

Can someone tell me how I have to use this in my my formular. I think I have an input field



But where is the call for the snippet. Is the Snippet automaically called by &eformOnValidate=`checkField`?

Greetings Jo_shi

Hi Jo_shi....

I load the snippet before my eForm one like this.....

[!eCheckField!]! Which is the actual name of the snippet not the function it contains.... before...
[!eform? &to=`your email@your email.com` &subject=`This is how to do it!` &eformOnValidate=`checkField` etc.... !]

I just noticed that this original persons post has....



Normally you would just load the vericode like this....
[+vericode+]

and this would be validated once you hit ’submit’ ..... example code...


Which the form at http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,34567.msg210119.html#msg210119 doesn’t seem to be setting...

Hope this helps!
P.S. If you want a ReCaptcha vericode on your site instead, see this post here...
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,41869.msg252122.html#msg252122

Susan - If you get a chance, would you give me a quick rundown on how I could verify that the dummy field is being checked and working? I guess my question is -> what’s the easiest way to pass that field with some information in it so as to trip the snippet and cause it not to email?

Thanks!