In this article, we will learn how to add Google captcha in registration form using PHP, Which is very useful for security purposes.


Example

Make the registration form in HTML and send the data to a PHP and validate a Google captcha response, If it is validated we will insert data in the database.



Let me show you my project structure

php-tutorial/
┣ db_config.php
┣ index.php
┗ validate-captcha.php


Database structure

Before writing code first we need the database and table to insert a user registration data.


registration.sql

-- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
-- version 5.0.4
-- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
--
-- Host: 127.0.0.1
-- Generation Time: Jan 27, 2021 at 05:32 PM
-- Server version: 10.4.17-MariaDB
-- PHP Version: 7.3.25

SET SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
START TRANSACTION;
SET time_zone = "+00:00";


/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

--
-- Database: `demo`
--

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `singup`
--

CREATE TABLE `singup` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  `password` varchar(250) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Indexes for dumped tables
--

--
-- Indexes for table `singup`
--
ALTER TABLE `singup`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  ADD UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`);

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables
--

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `singup`
--
ALTER TABLE `singup`
  MODIFY `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
COMMIT;

/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;



index.php

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
        <title>How to Add Google Captcha in PHP Registration Form</title>
        <!-- CSS -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
        <script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" async defer></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">

            <div class="row">
                <div class="col"></div>
                <div class="col-6">
                    <div class="card">
                        <div class="card-header text-center">
                            Add Google Captcha To Registration Form in PHP
                        </div>
                        <div class="card-body">
                            <form action="validate-captcha.php" method="post">
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Name</label>
                                    <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="name" required="">
                                </div>                                
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Email address</label>
                                    <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" aria-describedby="emailHelp" required="">
                                    <small id="emailHelp" class="form-text text-muted">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</small>
                                </div>
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Password</label>
                                    <input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" id="password" required="">
                                </div>                   
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Confirm Password</label>
                                    <input type="password" name="cpassword" class="form-control" id="cpassword" required="">
                                </div>   
                                <div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="site key"></div>
                                <br>
                                <input type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
                            </form>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="col"></div>
            </div>

        </div>
    </body>
</html>

db_config.php

<?php
    $servername='localhost';
    $username='root';
    $password='';
    $dbname = "demo";
    $conn=mysqli_connect($servername,$username,$password,"$dbname");
      if(!$conn){
          die('Could not Connect MySql Server:' .mysql_error());
        }
?>

validate-captcha.php

<?php

if (isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['g-recaptcha-response'] != "") {
    include "db_config.php";
    $secret = 'secret key';
    $verifyResponse = file_get_contents('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=' . $secret . '&response=' . $_POST['g-recaptcha-response']);
    $responseData = json_decode($verifyResponse);
    if ($responseData->success) {
        
        //first validate then insert in db
        $name = $_POST['name'];
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        $pass = $_POST['password'];
        mysqli_query($conn, "INSERT INTO signup(name, email ,password) VALUES('" . $_POST['name'] . "', '" . $_POST['email'] . "', '" . md5($_POST['password']) . "')");
        echo "Your registration has been successfully done!";
    }
}


How to get google site key and secret key?


reCAPTCHA

  • login to your reCAPTCHA go to admin console 



  • Click to plus icon to create project 



  • Add domain, if you are working on a localhost you just simply type localhost 



  • Once you submit you will get site key and secret key




Output:




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