Sunday 26 November 2017

Google recaptcha for Bootstrap forms in depth

In the tutorial, I will be using a working HTML contact form from  my previous tutorial. Our form will be using HTML5 sprinkled with some Bootstrap scaffolding and a JavaScript validator. We will submit it via AJAX (the page will not reload) and process the form values with PHP. At last, we will send an email with PHP and return a response to the original page that will be shown in a status message above the form.
I will mostly focus on working with Captcha today, so in case you have missed my last tutorial, have at least a quick look at it.  

Register your site

To be able to use ReCaptcha, you will need to register your website on ReCaptcha's website first. 
After successful registration, you will get a pair of keys to use with your ReCaptcha. Leave the page open or copy the keys to a text file, we will need them soon.

HTML

We will use the contact form's template from the previous tutorial
Pay attention to these changes:
  • Replace the data-sitekey attribute with your Site key. ReCaptcha will appear in this div - <div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6LfKURIUAAAAAO50vlwWZkyK_G2ywqE52NU7YO0S"></div>
  • Include the ReCaptcha JS to initialize ReCaptcha on the page - <script src='https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js'></script>
Html
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Contact Form Tutorial by Bootstrapious.com</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
        <link href='custom.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    </head>
    <body>

        <div class="container">

            <div class="row">

                <div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2">

                    <h1>Contact form Tutorial from <a href="http://bootstrapious.com">Bootstrapious.com</a></h1>

                    <p class="lead">This is a demo for our tutorial dedicated to crafting working Bootstrap contact form with PHP and AJAX background. At this part, we will add Google's ReCaptcha too.</p>


                    <form id="contact-form" method="post" action="contact.php" role="form">

                        <div class="messages"></div>

                        <div class="controls">

                            <div class="row">
                                <div class="col-md-6">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <label for="form_name">Firstname *</label>
                                        <input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your firstname *" required="required" data-error="Firstname is required.">
                                        <div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <div class="col-md-6">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <label for="form_lastname">Lastname *</label>
                                        <input id="form_lastname" type="text" name="surname" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your lastname *" required="required" data-error="Lastname is required.">
                                        <div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            <div class="row">
                                <div class="col-md-6">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <label for="form_email">Email *</label>
                                        <input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your email *" required="required" data-error="Valid email is required.">
                                        <div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <div class="col-md-6">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <label for="form_phone">Phone</label>
                                        <input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your phone">
                                        <div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            <div class="row">
                                <div class="col-md-12">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <label for="form_message">Message *</label>
                                        <textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Message for me *" rows="4" required="required" data-error="Please,leave us a message."></textarea>
                                        <div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>

                                <div class="col-md-12">
                                    <div class="form-group">
                                        <!-- Replace data-sitekey with your own one, generated at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin -->
                                        <div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6LfKURIUAAAAAO50vlwWZkyK_G2ywqE52NU7YO0S"></div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>

                                <div class="col-md-12">
                                    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-send" value="Send message">
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            <div class="row">
                                <div class="col-md-12">
                                    <p class="text-muted"><strong>*</strong> These fields are required. Contact form template by <a href="https://bootstrapious.com/p/bootstrap-recaptcha" target="_blank">Bootstrapious</a>.</p>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                    </form>

                </div><!-- /.8 -->

            </div> <!-- /.row-->

        </div> <!-- /.container-->

        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
        <script src='https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js'></script>
        <script src="validator.js"></script>
        <script src="contact.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

PHP

In the PHP, we will be using Google's client library that will take care of the verification.
You can use Composer to install it in your project, download it from GitHub or simply use the version I included in the Download package.
Again, pay attention to these changes:
  • require the ReCaptcha PHP library - require('recaptcha-master/src/autoload.php'); 
  • enter your Secret Key - $recaptchaSecret = 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY';
  • initialize the class with your Secret Key - $recaptcha = new \ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha($recaptchaSecret);
  • send a call to validate the ReCaptcha - $response = $recaptcha->verify($_POST['g-recaptcha-response'], $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
  • throw an exception if the validation fails - if (!$response->isSuccess()) {...}
The script then composes the email message, sends it and returns a JSON response. (The script is submitted by AJAX in default)
PHP
<?php
// require ReCaptcha class
require('recaptcha-master/src/autoload.php');

// configure
$from = 'Demo contact form <demo@domain.com>';
$sendTo = 'Demo contact form <demo@domain.com>';
$subject = 'New message from contact form';
$fields = array('name' => 'Name', 'surname' => 'Surname', 'phone' => 'Phone', 'email' => 'Email', 'message' => 'Message'); // array variable name => Text to appear in the email
$okMessage = 'Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
$recaptchaSecret = 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY';

// let's do the sending

try
{
    if (!empty($_POST)) {

        // validate the ReCaptcha, if something is wrong, we throw an Exception, 
        // i.e. code stops executing and goes to catch() block
        
        if (!isset($_POST['g-recaptcha-response'])) {
            throw new \Exception('ReCaptcha is not set.');
        }

        // do not forget to enter your secret key in the config above 
        // from https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin
        
        $recaptcha = new \ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha($recaptchaSecret, new \ReCaptcha\RequestMethod\CurlPost());
        
        // we validate the ReCaptcha field together with the user's IP address
        
        $response = $recaptcha->verify($_POST['g-recaptcha-response'], $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);


        if (!$response->isSuccess()) {
            throw new \Exception('ReCaptcha was not validated.');
        }
        
        // everything went well, we can compose the message, as usually
        
        $emailText = "You have new message from contact form\n=============================\n";

        foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {

            if (isset($fields[$key])) {
                $emailText .= "$fields[$key]: $value\n";
            }
        }
        

        $headers = array('Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8";',
            'From: ' . $from,
            'Reply-To: ' . $from,
            'Return-Path: ' . $from,
        );

        mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, implode("\n", $headers));

        $responseArray = array('type' => 'success', 'message' => $okMessage);
    }
}
catch (\Exception $e)
{
    $responseArray = array('type' => 'danger', 'message' => $errorMessage);
}

if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
    $encoded = json_encode($responseArray);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');

    echo $encoded;
}
else {
    echo $responseArray['message'];
}

JavaScript

The only change in our JavaScript file will be resetting the ReCaptcha after form's submission. We will do this by calling the grecaptcha.reset(); function.
JavaScript
$(function () {

    $('#contact-form').validator();

    $('#contact-form').on('submit', function (e) {
        if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) {
            var url = "contact.php";

            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: url,
                data: $(this).serialize(),
                success: function (data)
                {
                    var messageAlert = 'alert-' + data.type;
                    var messageText = data.message;

                    var alertBox = '<div class="alert ' + messageAlert + ' alert-dismissable"><button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>' + messageText + '</div>';
                    if (messageAlert && messageText) {
                        $('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
                        $('#contact-form')[0].reset();
                        grecaptcha.reset();
                    }
                }
            });
            return false;
        }
    })
});

Result

This is it.
You should have a working contact Bootstrap contact form with ReCaptcha and PHP background now.
I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial. 
source:https://bootstrapious.com/p/bootstrap-recaptcha?utm_source=sendy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=recaptchatutorialdrip

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