Note: Vanilla Forums Register Spam

• Not full code, just excerption

1. open applications/dashboard/controllers/class.entrycontroller.php
2. find function named RegisterCaptcha()
3. change to

   $this->UserModel->Validation->ApplyRule('Password', 'Required');
   $this->UserModel->Validation->ApplyRule('Password', 'Match');
   // $this->UserModel->Validation->ApplyRule('DateOfBirth', 'MinimumAge');
            
   $this->EventArguments['formValues'] = $this->Form->FormValues(); // add
   $this->FireEvent('BeforeRegistionCaptcha'); // add
            
   if (!$this->UserModel->InsertForBasic($this->Form->FormValues())) {

4. Save

---

1. new plugin in plugin directory named RSpam
2. new file default.php
3. content is

   if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
   
   // Define the plugin:
   $PluginInfo['RSpam'] = array(
      'Name' => 'RSpam Plugin',
      'Description' => "Just a simple hack",
      'Version' => '1',
      'Author' => "Zeuxis.Lo",
      'AuthorEmail' => '',
      'AuthorUrl' => 'http://studio.zeuik.com/',
   );
   
   class RSpamPlugin extends Gdn_Plugin {
   	
   	public function EntryController_BeforeRegistionCaptcha_Handler(&$Sender) {
   		$formValues = $Sender->EventArguments['formValues'];
   		$email = $formValues['Email'];
   		$name = $formValues['Name'];
   		
   		if (empty($email) === true) return;
   		if (empty($name) === true) return;
   		
   		if ($this->StopForumSpamCheckBy("username", $name) == true) {
   			exit("系統錯誤->帳號");
   		}else if ($this->StopForumSpamCheckBy("email", $email) === true) {
   			exit("系統錯誤->電郵");
   		}
   	}
   	
   	public function StopForumSpamCheckBy($type, $value) {
   		$url = "http://www.stopforumspam.com/api?";
   	
   		switch($type) {
   			case "username":
   				$url .= "username=".rawurlencode($value);
   				break;
   			case "email":
   				$url .= "email=".$value;
   				break;
   			case "ip":
   				$url .= "ip=".$value;
   				break;
   		}
   
   		$data = file_get_contents($url);
   		$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);
   
   		return $xml->appears == 'yes';
   	}
   
   	public function Setup() {
   		// No setup required
   	}
   }

4. Save and retest register again