Add Dynamic/Verification Question to contact.php page

  • Blake

    (@alexanderblake)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    I have a beautiful built-in contact page in this theme I’m working with, but the spam emails I’m getting are getting ridiculous. I would like to add a verification question to the form, but I’m not sure how/what to code in that page.

    I would like a question like:

    Verify you are human by answering the following question:
    “On the color wheel, the color that begins with G is: _____________”
    or
    “Everyone knows the sky is the color: _____________”

    I want them to type in the answer. I DON’T want to go to a plugin because I don’t want to move away from the contact page layout that the theme uses.

    Any coders have an answer I can throw into the contact.php file?

    Thanks!

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  • Bloke

    (@bloke)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    You would look for the code where the form checks if the fields are completed. Then create another IF statement with the new value. Then if all fields are complete and for example sky = blue then send. But I need to see the actual code that sends your form.

    Thread Starter Blake

    (@alexanderblake)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    <?php
$your_email=trim($_POST['your_email']);
$your_web_site_name=trim($_POST['your_web_site_name']);
?>

<?php
//If the form is submitted
if(isset($_POST['name'])) {

		//Check to make sure that the name field is not empty
		if(trim($_POST['name']) === '') {
			$hasError = true;
		} else {
			$name = trim($_POST['name']);
		}

		//Check to make sure sure that a valid email address is submitted
		if(trim($_POST['email']) === '')  {
			$hasError = true;
		} else if (!preg_match('^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$^', trim($_POST['email']))) {
			$hasError = true;
			$errorMessage = $_POST['text_4'];
		} else {
			$email = trim($_POST['email']);
		}

		//phone
		if(isset($_POST['phone'])) $phone = trim($_POST['phone']);

		//company name
		if(isset($_POST['company_name'])) $company_name = trim($_POST['company_name']);

		//company url
		if(isset($_POST['company_url'])) $company_url = trim($_POST['company_url']);		

		//Check to make sure comments were entered
		if(trim($_POST['message']) === '') {
			$hasError = true;
		} else {
			if(function_exists('stripslashes')) {
				$comments = stripslashes(trim($_POST['message']));
			} else {
				$comments = trim($_POST['message']);
			}
		}

		//If there is no error, send the email
		if(!isset($hasError)) {

			$emailTo = $your_email;
			$subject = 'Contact Form Submission from '.$name;

			//message body
			$body  ="Name: $name \n\n";
			$body .="Email: $email \n\n";
			if(isset($phone)) $body .="Phone:$phone\n\n";
			if(isset($company_name)) $body .="Company Name: $company_name\n\n";
			if(isset($company_url)) $body .="Company Url: $company_url \n\n";
			$body .="Message: $comments";

			$headers = 'From: '.$your_web_site_name.' <'.$emailTo.'>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $email;

			mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, $headers);
			$emailSent = true;
		}
}
?>

<?php if(isset($emailSent) == true) { ?>
	<div class="ok_box">
		<h3><?php echo $_POST['text_1'];?>, <?php echo $name;?></h3>
		<p><?php echo $_POST['text_2'];?></p>
	</div>
<?php } ?>

<?php if(isset($hasError) ) { ?>
	<div class="error_box">
		<?php echo $_POST['text_3'];?>

		<?php echo $errorMessage;?>
	</div>
<?php } ?>

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    Hopefully this helps!!

    I have been searching around for a while now, and I’d love to have this resolved so I can move forward. Once I can have an easy human verification field, I can then plug it into the other 18 sites on their network.

    Thanks!

    Bloke

    (@bloke)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Create a text box on your form and label it “question” or whatever you choose. And put the correct answer where it says ‘answer here’. Try this after the check for the email.

    //Check to make sure sure verification question is answered and correct
		if(trim($_POST['question']) === '')  {
			$hasError = true;
		} else if (trim($_POST['question']) != 'answer here') {
			$hasError = true;

		} else {
			$email = trim($_POST['question']);
		}
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