[Templates] form "validation"

Ronald J Kimball rkimball+tt@pangeamedia.com
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:05:25 -0400


Travis Basevi wrote:
> Does anyone know of a tt2 plugin to create a random string as an image, 
> the thing a lot of websites use to prevent bots/scripts automatically 
> filling in and submitting forms?
> 
> Apologies for the simple question, but I wouldn't even know what to type 
> in Google to find this, as you can probably tell by my confused mail here.

The term you're looking for is CAPTCHA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

There is a Catalyst::Plugin::Captcha module, as well as several other 
Captcha modules, on CPAN.

Ronald