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[nycphp-talk] stopping comment spam with PHP

Mitch Pirtle mitch.pirtle at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 11:57:24 EDT 2009


You should also check out Mollom, integrates with a great many
platforms and is having rapid growth/success:

http://mollom.com/

-- Mitch

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Konstantin Rozinov <krozinov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys for the info and links.  I will check out akismet and Disqus.
>
> I also found this article, which was a simple explanation of some
> techniques using hidden fields:
> http://www.rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=676
>
> I'll let you all know if I find anything interesting regarding this topic.
>
> Konstantin
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Hans C. Kaspersetz
> <hans at cyberxdesigns.com> wrote:
>> I am not using WordPress, Drupal, or other CMS, blog software, frameworks,
>> so plugins for those won't work, but maybe I can learn something from them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Konstantin,
>>
>> You might consider looking at http://akismet.com/.  This is the data/API
>> provider that the WordPress plugin uses.  You can get a key and then access
>> their API using your application.  You will have the opportunity to check
>> your comments against a HUGE database of comments from WordPress blogs and
>> other sites all over the world. Plus, if you choose to, you can contribute
>> to the database by classifying the comments as spam or not as you approve
>> them.
>>
>> I believe there are other technologies that offer comparable services,
>> however I am not as familiar with them.
>>
>> Warmest regards,
>> Hans Kaspersetz
>>
>> Cyber X Designs, http://www.cyberxdesigns.com, builds promotional websites,
>> ecommerce websites, and portals with open source technologies for companies
>> world wide.
>>
>>
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