Every line of php code needs a semicolon. Dean On 7/21/07, duketore <duketore@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Great work.....as I am new to php.... > Does the line > $Name ($Email)\nQuestion: $Message") > need an ; at the end to make it work... > > Thanks for the help & code > ;-} > > --- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dean H" <deanhouseholder@...> > wrote: > > > > I found an ingenious idea online (don't remember the site) and > implemented > > it on a web-form and have 100% spam filtering and 100% valid emails > going > > through. > > > > The concept is that you set a trap that the spam bots will fall > into. They > > crawl your pages looking for forms. When they find forms they try > to fill > > them out with their pre-created fields. They will look for fields > such as > > Name, Address, Subject, Body, Email, Phone, etc. Then they will > craft a GET > > string based off of the <form action=""> url. > > > > So, I created a new input text field called "email2" which was used > for the > > REAL email field and I used my regular "email" input field as a > trap. Here > > is my (very simplified) code: > > > > <form name="info" action="send.php" method="post"> > > <input size="1" name="email" type="text" style="width: 1px; height: > 1px; > > border: solid 0 #FFF;" /> > > Name: <input size="30" type="text" name="name" /><br /> > > Email: <input size="30" type="text" name="email2" > id="email" /><br /> > > Message: <br /><textarea name="message" id="message" rows="10" > > cols="29"></textarea><br /> > > <input type="submit" value="Send now" class="submit"/> > > </form> > > > > You'll notice that the "email" field has some css which is telling > it to be > > 1x1 pixels with a white border. This makes it invisible and no > human should > > ever fill this out. The spambots, on the other hand, come to the > site, fill > > out ALL the fields (especially the "email" field) and submit it. > > > > At that point you just write some PHP code to filter out all emails > which > > have the "email" field filled out and continue posting/emailing the > valid > > ones. In this case, my intent was to send emails upon submission. > Here is > > the php validation code I wrote to do this: > > > > <?php > > /* SPAM TRAP */ > > $Email = isset($_POST['email2']) ? $_POST['email2'] : ''; > > $Email_fake = isset($_POST['email']) ? $_POST['email'] : ''; > > $Name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : ''; > > $Message = isset($_POST['message']) ? $_POST['message'] : ''; > > $SendTo = 'user@...'; > > > > /* Spam bot filter */ > > if($Email_fake == ""){ > > // Legitimate email > > mail($SendTo,'[Spam-free email]','Sent: '.date('m/d/Y > h:i:s')."\nSender: > > $Name ($Email)\nQuestion: $Message") > > }else{ > > // Spam Email > > mail($SendTo,'[Spam email caught]','Sent: '.date('m/d/Y > > h:i:s')."\nSender: $Name ($Email)\nFalse Email: > $Email_fake\nQuestion: > > $Message"); > > } > > print '<h2>Thank you for your submission.</h2></p>'; > > // End of Spam Filter > > ?> > > > > Hope this works for you. It's working PERFECTLY for me. I'd love > to hear > > any feedback on this as well. =) > > > > Thanks, > > Dean Householder > > > > > > On 7/6/07, ~Tarun~ <tarun.virgo@...> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Members, > > > > > > I am facing big trouble with Spam mails. > > > > > > I hve webform on my website http://www.silvocrafts.com > > > > > > I have done all security measures but still this kind of mails is > creating > > > trouble for me. 100's of email daily like this. Please suggest > how to > > > prevent this kind of spamming in web forms by php. > > > > > > Attached the mail i get from web form. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Tarun > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > > Silvocrafts.com Enquiry > > > First name : hoodia diet > > > Last name : buy hydrocodone online > > > Email : 6dWzvQuEm@... > > > Company : le top de poker en ligne > > > Business Type : Nature of your Business- > > > Designation : > > > Address : drug rehabilitation [url= > > > http://www.cahunger.com/_disc1/000007fe.htm]drug rehabilitation > [/url] > > > http://www.cahunger.com/_disc1/000007fe.htm pacific poker [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/poker-824/poker-4.html]jeu de poker en > ligne[/url] > > > http://www.freewebs.com/poker-824/poker-4.html [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/poker-226/jeu-18.html]jouez ligne[/url] > jeu flash > > > http://www.freewebs.com/poker-226/jeu-18.html [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-526/online-casino-8.html]casino > ligne[/url] > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-526/online-casino-8.html casinos > en ligne > > > top poker promotions [url=http://www.freewebs.com/poker-99/poker- > 3.html]lemeilleur poker en ligne[/url] > > > http://www.freewebs.com/poker-99/poker-3.html > > > Country : casino en line > > > Telephone : > > > Fax : jouer casino > > > Message : free virgin mobile ringtone [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/ringtone-745/free-ringtone-11.html]free > cingular > > > ringtone[/url] http://www.freewebs.com/ringtone-745/free-ringtone- > 11.htmljouer casino [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-821/jeu-casino-14.html]jeu casino > > > gratuit[/url] http://www.freewebs.com/casino-821/jeu-casino- > 14.html [url= > > > http://www.hawkman.org/tarot/forum/_disc1/00001dd2.htm]vigrx > [/url] vigrx > > > http://www.hawkman.org/tarot/forum/_disc1/00001dd2.htm [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-172/casino-10.html]gambling[/url] > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-172/casino-10.html gambling [url= > > > http://www.freewebs.com/casino-274/jeu-casino-13.html]jeu casino > > > gratuit[/url] http://www.freewebs.com/casino-274/jeu-casino- > 13.html casino > > > jeu > > > Item : > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > PHP Data object relational mapping generator > > > http://www.metastorage.net/ > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > PHP Data object relational mapping generator > http://www.metastorage.net/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]