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Asked: 2026-05-12T12:32:33+00:00

Im making a rudimentary human test for a form on my website. I want

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Im making a rudimentary “human test” for a form on my website.

I want to take the current date (to the minute, not second), and combine that with the users REMOTE_ADDR, then from that generate a string (perhaps use md5?) then limit that to 6 characters.

This code will then be presented to the user, which is instructed to copy it to a particular text box, upon submission will be verified and allow the form to process.

I dont know if there is an easier way to do this, but this is something i think will work for me and be a quick fix. Any suggestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I dont know if there is an easier way
    to do this, but this is something i
    think will work for me and be a quick
    fix. Any suggestions?

    If you just need a quick fix, try for something simpler. I had a very popular website with a notoriously effective Turing Test:

    Check this box if you're a human: [ ]

    This little fix brought my spam count down from 10s of 1000s of messages everyday to 1 or 2 every few months. Of course, once the bots wised up, I had to make my test much more difficult:

    What's the sound a cat makes? (Rhymes with 'cow') [________________]

    Never had anymore problems after that. YMMV.

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