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I have a question about stopping spoofed form submissions. How about if by using the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] I only allow submissions to my forms coming from my website? Would that help?! Thanks!
It would help, and it’s fairly easy thing to add but it wont stop a targeted attack, after all you can spoof a
HTTP_REFERERheader.One thing to keep in mind is that a client is not required to send a
HTTP_REFERER, so if the header is missing you might want to allow submissions anyway. If this is not possible, then checkingHTTP_REFERERwont help you.Run a search for CAPTCHA “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”, this is what you’re really looking for.