phpfiltercodeigniter-4honeypot

Honeypot Codeigniter 4

how is it possible to catch the honeypot-exception in Codeigniter 4?

I simulated the bot, so that the field of honeypot is filled. But CI4 is throwing the exception instantly. I would like to log that access into my db and want to redirect to a "jail" site where the program is setting a sleep function for that user.. so for every try he must wait longer for an answer.

Any suggestions?

Current Exception I get: CodeIgniter\Honeypot\Exceptions\HoneypotException #3 Honeypot.theClientIsABot

 * @return void
 */
 public function before(RequestInterface $request, $arguments = null)
 {
      $honeypot = Services::honeypot(new \Config\Honeypot());
      if ($honeypot->hasContent($request))
      {
          throw HoneypotException::isBot();
      }
  }

This information is shown.

The Honeypot is enabled in the system. The Config-File of Honeypot just let you configure the Input-Field itself. Not 'what should happen if honeypot isset'.

My .env file:

honeypot.hidden     = 'true'
honeypot.label      = 'What is 12 + 2?'
honeypot.name       = 'answer'
honeypot.template   = '<label>{label}</label><input type="text" id=" 
{name}" name="{name}" value=""/>'
honeypot.container  = '<div style="display:none">{template}</div>'

Information from Codeigniter 4: https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/honeypot.html#customizing-honeypot

Solution

  • I changed the system-folder and the honeypot before function where normaly the Exception is thrown. I catched the Exception there and I'm setting a redirect there. Its not the best solution because when there is an update for CI 4 it will be overwritten.