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Version: 5.2 (upcoming)

Captcha Form Field

The captcha form field type provides access to an installed captcha plugin.

  • type (mandatory) must be captcha.
  • name (mandatory) is the unique name of the field.
  • label (mandatory) (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.
  • validate (mandatory) must be captcha. description (optional) (translatable) is text that will be shown as a tooltip when the user moves the mouse over the field.
  • namespace (optional) is used on the com_contact component but I don't know enough about it to comment (from original docs.joomla.org).

Implemented by: libraries/src/Form/Field/CaptchaField.php

Example XML parameter definition​

<field
        name="captcha" 
        type="captcha" 
        validate="captcha"
        namespace="contact"
        label="COM_CONTACT_CAPTCHA_LABEL"
        description="COM_CONTACT_CAPTCHA_DESC"
/>