Comments on: PHPEnkoder 1.5

By: Chris Your

Chris Your — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:02:57 +0000

Hi Michael,

PHPEnkoder is a great port of Dan’s Hivelogic Enkoder. I have ported your PHPEnkoder 1.5 to CakePHP and called it CakePHP Enkoder. This allows CakePHP users to easily tap into PHPEnkoder/Hivelogic Enkoder via a simple Enkoder helper class.

You can find it at Snipt.net: http://snipt.net/chrisyour/cakephpenkoder-email-address-encoder-based-on-phpenkoder-and-hivelogic-enkoder/

By: Michael Greenberg

Michael Greenberg — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:15:31 +0000

I’m (naturally?) a fan of the Enkoder system, since it lets the user choose their own mail client, editor, etc. while still hiding e-mail from (less sophisticated) bots. It also means you don’t need mail support on your server, which can be a security liability. (A bug in your mail script could allow spammers to send mail to arbitrary addresses, helping the very spammers you’re working against!)

By: Strangely

Strangely — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:07:07 +0000

Thanks for that Michael. That was blistering speed...! The plugin works great and you can see the thing working in a page's source if there's an email address showing. The trouble is that now I'm in two minds whether to put an email contact address online or stick with the php forms system I've used for a while now, for exactly the reason you hinted at here in your 'about' page.