Title: captcha not validating Last modified: August 22, 2017 --- # captcha not validating * Resolved [bep_11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bep_11/) * (@bep_11) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/) * Hello, thanks for your excellent plugin! * It seems that since the last upgrade the form captcha is not validating anymore i.e. it is always returning false – but the record is stored correctly. * code: #_CAPTCHAHTML{Please fill in the code displayed here: #_CAPTCHA} * Do I have to adjust anything? * Thanks and best regards, Bernd * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcaptcha-not-validating-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Franky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liedekef/) * (@liedekef) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9431810) * Seems to work as expected here … is php-gd installed and working? * Thread Starter [bep_11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bep_11/) * (@bep_11) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9437611) * Hello Franky, thanks for your answer. * Well, the captcha is showing and if I press Refresh it is changing. Do you know off head which program verifies the code? * Thanks and best regards, Bernd * Thread Starter [bep_11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bep_11/) * (@bep_11) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9448125) * Helly Franky, I did some debugging. In eme_functions.php I added: … function eme_captcha_generate() { eme_session_start(); … $randomtext=$random1.$random2. $random3.$random4.$random5; $_SESSION[$sessionvar] = md5($randomtext); //debug $File = “eme_captcha_log1.txt”; $Handle = fopen($File, ‘w’); fwrite($Handle, “ captchatext: $randomtext \n”); fclose($Handle); * … function eme_check_captcha($post_var,$session_var=””,$cleanup=1) { if (empty( $session_var)) $session_var=”captcha”; $eme_captcha_no_case=get_option(’eme_captcha_no_case’); * //debug $File = “eme_captcha_log2.txt”; $Handle = fopen($File, ‘w’); fwrite( $Handle, “post_var: $post_var – session_var: $session_var \n”); fwrite($Handle,“ post value: $_POST[$post_var] – session value: $_SESSION[$session_var] \n”); $par = print_r($_POST, true); $sar = print_r($_SESSION, true); fwrite($Handle,”‘ $_POST’ array: $par \n ‘$_SESSION’ array: $sar \n”); fclose($Handle); … * which resulted in: * eme_captcha_log1.txt: captchatext: c7s9t * eme_captcha_log2.txt: post_var: captcha_check – session_var: eme_add_booking post value: – session value: ‘Array’ array: Array ( [eme_rsvp_nonce] => 638a4d238a[ honeypot_check] => [eme_eventAction] => add_bookings [eme_register_empty_seats] => 0 [eme_event_id] => 131 [lastname] => tester1 [firstname] => tester1 [FIELD2] => test [email] => [b168@bluesky11.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/b168@bluesky11.com?output_format=md)[ phone] => [bookings] => Array ( ) * [FIELD1] => XS [comment] => b9z9w ) * ‘Array’ array: Array ( [cptch_login] => 1 ) ———————– I also entered the captcha code to the comment field – and as you can see this value is different from the previously created. Also, I can’t see a $_POST value for the captcha. * Could you check this? Feel free to check on the website (event 609) – but make sure that the entry is recognized as test. * Thanks and best regards, Bernd * Plugin Author [Franky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liedekef/) * (@liedekef) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9448149) * Can it be that your recaptcha plugin is causing this? I’ll test myself this evening… * Plugin Author [Franky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liedekef/) * (@liedekef) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9448619) * I tried posting: it succeeded, but the repost to show the hank-you resulted in a 403 forbidden (but still showed a page). I’m guessing some kind of security plugin? * Thread Starter [bep_11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bep_11/) * (@bep_11) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9449497) * Hello Franky, * >I tried posting: it succeeded, but the repost to show the hank-you resulted in a 403 forbidden (but still showed a page). * Hm, how did you check this? I didn’t see the 403 message, only the error page. * I have the following plugins: Captcha by BestWebSoft, Contact Form 7, Wordfence Security. Disabled them but this didn’t help. * Thanks and best regards, Bernd * For now I have disabled the Captcha … Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘captcha not validating’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/events-made-easy/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1856035) * [Events Made Easy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-made-easy/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-made-easy/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-made-easy/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-made-easy/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-made-easy/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-made-easy/reviews/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [bep_11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bep_11/) * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-not-validating-2/#post-9449497) * Status: resolved