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Exclude specific email address from form submissions

I am totally new to PHP and I am just trying to block spam in my forms. I have figured out how to do a honeypot (url field) with the following code that blocks 90% of the spam - but this one irritating emailer gets through (let's call them redacted@example.com). I would like to write one line of code in my form that just says if the email field is filled out with the text 'redacted@example.com', then don't pass the form through. Is there anyone who can help me do this?

// if the url field is empty
// if(isset($_POST['url']) && $_POST['url'] == ''){

// then send the form to your email
// mail( 'myemail@me.com', 'Contact Form', print_r($_POST,true) );
// }

// otherwise, let the spammer think that they got their message through
Solution

  • Use this code

    if(isset($_POST['url']) && $_POST['url'] == '') {
    if ($_POST['email'] != 'dukang2004@yahoo.com') {
        // then send the form to your email
         mail( 'myemail@me.com', 'Contact Form', print_r($_POST,true) );
    }
}