Support Thread for Google reCAPTCHA plugin

[Millie63]

Hi
I am running zen cart V1.5.1 (I know I should upgrade but I still have to get round to doing it).
I'm trying to get Google's V2 reCaptcha ('I am not a robot') to work.
Can anyone please confirm whether Google reCAPTCHA CAPTCHA - Version: 3.4 is working on ZC V1.5.1 running php5.3 ?
I'm getting server error 500 upon sending the contact us form. My very expensive webhost (have a guess who that might be) are giving me the run-around saying they can't make sense of what's going on and asked me 'contact the developer of the script to preview the matter and suggest if a change in the code or server environment is required. If a change in the PHP settings is needed, provide us with his/her response, so we could verify if the change could be applied to the hosting environment.' I told them that this script is listed as working as compatible with both lower and higher versions of zen cart that run on both lower and higher versions than php5.3

Should I try another version of Google reCAPTCHA CAPTCHA perhaps? Maybe Version: 3.1?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you!
Millie

[torvista]

I have a version on GitHub I have fettled to death...

https://github.com/torvista/Zen_Cart-Google_reCAPTCHA

If your version is working on your site then let sleeping dogs lie/leave well alone/don't fix what is not broken.

If you are having problems, then please try this out on your development site and report any issues and feed back improvements on GitHub.

[Millie63]

Hello Torvista
Thank you for your reply.
Can I try this version work on zen cart 1.5.1?
I am in the process of moving webhost and if it works i'll try it out as soon as I can and get back to you.
Thanks in advance for your answer
Regards
Millie

[torvista]

Can I try this version work on zen cart 1.5.1?

I wouldn't normally consider obsolete versions, but yes it now should work with all the 1.5x versions.

[raindrop99]

I have a version on GitHub I have fettled to death...

https://github.com/torvista/Zen_Cart-Google_reCAPTCHA

If your version is working on your site then let sleeping dogs lie/leave well alone/don't fix what is not broken.

If you are having problems, then please try this out on your development site and report any issues and feed back improvements on GitHub.

I've just installed your mod but can't get it working due to the site running PHP v5.6 (yeah I know but I can't upgrade)

The error is:

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting '{' in /home/xxx/public_html/includes/functions/extra_functions/functions_google_recaptcha.php on line 42

Is there a workaround please?

[torvista]

As you correctly surmised, the culprit is your obsolete php 5.6.

You need to remove the ":string" from that line:

function recaptcha_get_html($fieldset = false, $theme = 'light', $size = 'normal', $style = null): string {

to

function recaptcha_get_html($fieldset = false, $theme = 'light', $size = 'normal', $style = null) {

[raindrop99]

As you correctly surmised, the culprit is your obsolete php 5.6.

You need to remove the ":string" from that line:

function recaptcha_get_html($fieldset = false, $theme = 'light', $size = 'normal', $style = null): string {

to

function recaptcha_get_html($fieldset = false, $theme = 'light', $size = 'normal', $style = null) {

Thanks - that got rid of the errors but now the recaptcha isn't working... I can submit forms on the site without ticking the Google checkbox? (not sure if it's related or not?)

[torvista]

I can submit forms on the site without ticking the Google checkbox

Any other debug logs?

[raindrop99]

Any other debug logs?

No nothing??

[torvista]

I implemented this solution to reduce the small amount of spam being sent throught the contact us form.
I am getting more now. Can't say if that it just more attacks or the reCaptcha is getting bypassed.