Simple CSS/PHP AntiSpam solution for a contact form

[BillyBoyle]

Oh one other thing.
Doesn't strike me as the type of mode that is base version dependant, but thought I should check.

I'm using v1.3.9h

is this still good for this mode, hopefully?

[BillyBoyle]

1. Found the following hides well in templates/tpl_whatever.

<div style="visibility:hidden; display:none;">
<label class="inputLabel" for="confirm_email">Confirm Email: </label>
<input id="confirm_email" name="leaveblank" type="text"><span class="alert"><strong>&nbsp;*&nbsp;</strong></span>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</div>

2. Also replaced the following in modules/pages/whatever/header_php.php

	if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
      exit;
    }

with

	if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
    zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_WHATEVER, 'action=success'));
    }

as it gives the impression of the form passing.

Cheers and thanks for the heads up.

Hi as a noob I do need to check if Im getting it right. So I hope you don't mind me checking.

If I was applying this to my contacts us page would the correct edit be?

if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US, 'action=success'));
}
or would it be;
if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(CONTACT_US, 'action=success'));
}

[BillyBoyle]

I found the solution to the problem I had previously discussed.

for some reason, I didn't have a subject box and in the code in this thread , the line '!empty($name) and !empty($subject) and empty($leaveblank)) {' can't be used because when a real person submits enter, zen cart will be waiting for an entry in a subject box that doesn't exist, so just modify the line by

!empty($name) and empty($leaveblank)) {

alone

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Are you saying?
this:
if ($zc_validate_email and !empty($enquiry) and !empty($name) and !empty($subject) and empty($leaveblank)) {
should look like this:
if ($zc_validate_email and !empty($name)and empty($leaveblank)) {

Did you get this to work?
Not really being that knowledgeable in php I really need to check things out a lot and hope you don't mind me asking what other might see as a silly question.

I can't get the form to send mail after I edit the php and was hoping this was the answer.
It works when I put text in the hiden field (as if I were a bot)
does nothing when I leave the field blank.

Thanks Billy

[BillyBoyle]

I know, yak yak yak.

Here's another question for the knowledgeable.
In the line

if ($zc_validate_email and !empty($enquiry) and !empty($name) and !empty($subject) and empty($leaveblank)) {

there is the use of "!" before some "empty" "perameters"

further down the same file where empty($leaveblank)
is called in the error checking part

if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
exit;
it has a "!".

I know this is not a php tutorial site, but I am trying to understand why this does not work with about 4 weeks of self-learning in php.

So does it matter if the "!" is used or not?
Does it matter if "!" is used inconsistantly (if that is what it is)?
does it not matter because it is being correctly used in the error check and should not be used in the earlier if statement?

Please help Billy

[BillyBoyle]

OKay one more question (for just now anyway).

After re-editing:
/includes/modules/pages/contact_us/header_php.php

with the suggestion from adem.i

I think it is now functioning as intended:
Normal situation; human contact form sends mail to store address.

with the suggestion from dw08gm
Bot situation; input form fakes sending mail to store address.

Can anyone else confirm that these are two mods to the mod are correct?

Would this be a complete list of files to aply the pair of mods to in order to cover to whole store;

1.
/includes/modules/pages/contact_us/header_php.php
/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_contact_us_default.php

2.
/includes/modules/create_account.php (would this even be needed?)
/includes/modules/pages/create_account/header_php.php
/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_modules_create_account.php

3.
/includes/templates/template_default/tpl_tell_a_friend.php
/includes/modules/pages/tell_a_friend/header_php.php

Thanks guys I know how anoying I can be when I start on learning something new.
This is like trying to learn to drive in a foreign country and your instructor does not speak the same language as you.
But I'm lovin' it.

[BillyBoyle]

Okay I lied, one more;

If the list of files I asked about in the previous post is correct, does anyone know where abouts in these file I would add the mods.

I know I could spend hours adding things, breaking things, and getting generally frustrated

Just thought it might be easier to ask and stay calm

[BillyBoyle]

Hope i'm not being too anoying

[dw08gm]

Multiple posts within 24 hours in the same thread will not win you many friends. Nevertheless:

a) The exclamation mark before code generally means "not", ie !empty = not empty.

b)

If I was applying this to my contacts us page would the correct edit be?

if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US, 'action=success'));
}
or would it be;
if (!empty($leaveblank)) {
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(CONTACT_US, 'action=success'));
}

Use whatever your existing code says in the "zen_redirect" line.

c)

Would this be a complete list of files to aply the pair of mods to in order to cover to whole store;

IIRC, yes, the header_php and the corresponding tpl_.
But test and see.

d)Works in 139h.

Now go and have a good rest.

[BillyBoyle]

@dw08gm Thank you!

I appreciate your help.
I do realise that multiple posting is very bad form and do appologise for that. I'm only 46 and still just a kid.

I am still working through many mods to get the store ready and will be returning to this one, Security and Anti- anything being very important.

[MagicMan]

I tried using this with the Create Account Page and after customer filled out form and hit submit, it just redirected to a blank page and no customer was created.

I have removed it to see if I could figure out what is wrong.