NAME

SYNOPSIS

    my $captcha = Gantry::Utils::Captcha->new( 'h2xsg' ); 
    
    $captcha->add( { 
        base_url => $self->doc_rootp() . "/images",
        image    => 'captcha-image-1.jpg',  
        key      => 'chair', 
        label    => 'looks like a chair to me',
        alt_text => 'sometimes it feels reaally good to sit',                 
    } );

    $captcha->add( { 
        base_url  => $self->doc_rootp() . "/images",
        image     => 'captcha-image-2.jpg', 
        key       => 'yoda', 
        label     => 'hrm ... yoda you are',
        alt_text  => 'use the force, Luke',                
    } );

    $captcha->add( {
        base_url  => $self->doc_rootp() . "/images",
        image     => 'captcha-image-3.jpg', 
        key       => 'biking', 
        label     => 'biking is fun',
        alt_text  => 'two wheels and a seat',
    } );

    or 
    
    my $captcha = Gantry::Utils::Captcha->new( 
        'h2xs',
        [
            {
                base_url  => $self->doc_rootp() . "/images",
                image     => 'captcha-image-3.jpg', 
                key       => 'biking', 
                label     => 'biking is fun',
                alt_text  => 'two wheels and a seat',
            }        
        ]
    );

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

new( [secret encryption key] )

Standard constructor, call it first.

Requires the following parameter

    secret       # this is your super secret encryption key
    

add( { ... } )

add a captcha item

Requires the following parameter

     image       # the image i.e. myimage.gif
     key         # the unique key for this captcha
     label       # the question that will appear in the select box
    

Optional

    alt_text     # the alt text for the image
    base_url     # a base url
    

shuffle

Shuffle the captchas and set one in the queue

valid( [captcha form param value] );

Tests to the captcha's encrypted string with the key and returns true of false

key

Return the captcha's key for the queued chaptcha

base_url

Returns the captcha's base url for the queued chaptcha

image

Returns the captcha's image for the queued chaptcha

label

Returns the captcha's label for the queued chaptcha

alt_text

Returns the captcha's alt_text for the queued chaptcha

crypt_string

Returns the captcha's crypt_string for the queued chaptcha

gantry_form_options

returns a reference to an array of form options that can be passed directly to form.tt

image_link

Returns the captcha's image link

SEE ALSO

LIMITATIONS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.