forms - recaptcha working on local but not on live wordpress sites

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Hi I have a form I've made that works on my local machine but doesn't run the get_file_contents on the live server as it returns NULL on the response?

Form:

 <form name="contactUS" action="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/mail/contact-us-mail-recaptcha.php" method="post">

<input name="name" type="text" placeholder="Name">
<input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email">
<input name="message" type="textarea" placeholder="Please describe your project and the work to be done?">
<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="<site key>"></div>
<button type="submit" class="nsc-button">Submit</button>
</form>

Server Code:

<?php

$recaptcha_secret = '<secret key>';
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$captchaResponse = $_POST['g-recaptcha-response'];

$response = file_get_contents("=".$recaptcha_secret."&response=".$captchaResponse); 

$result = json_decode($response, true);

if($result == true){

//do success
}else {

    var_dump('ip:' . $ip);
    var_dump('captchaResponse:' . $captchaResponse);
    var_dump('response:' . $response);
    var_dump('result:' . $result);
    exit;

}

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Hi I have a form I've made that works on my local machine but doesn't run the get_file_contents on the live server as it returns NULL on the response?

Form:

 <form name="contactUS" action="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/mail/contact-us-mail-recaptcha.php" method="post">

<input name="name" type="text" placeholder="Name">
<input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email">
<input name="message" type="textarea" placeholder="Please describe your project and the work to be done?">
<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="<site key>"></div>
<button type="submit" class="nsc-button">Submit</button>
</form>

Server Code:

<?php

$recaptcha_secret = '<secret key>';
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$captchaResponse = $_POST['g-recaptcha-response'];

$response = file_get_contents("https://www.google/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=".$recaptcha_secret."&response=".$captchaResponse); 

$result = json_decode($response, true);

if($result == true){

//do success
}else {

    var_dump('ip:' . $ip);
    var_dump('captchaResponse:' . $captchaResponse);
    var_dump('response:' . $response);
    var_dump('result:' . $result);
    exit;

}

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Share Improve this question asked Jan 3, 2019 at 7:25 danbdexdanbdex 1133 bronze badges 2

• Make sure you added your domain URL in google developer recaptcha configuration. – Pratik Patel Commented Jan 3, 2019 at 7:35
• thank you yes the url is added I confirmed this other wise there is an error recaptcha box on the form – danbdex Commented Jan 3, 2019 at 7:36

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Tip A URL can be used as a filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled. See fopen() for more details on how to specify the filename. See the Supported Protocols and Wrappers for links to information about what abilities the various wrappers have, notes on their usage, and information on any predefined variables they may provide.

So most probably allow_url_fopen is set to false on your server.

But you shouldn’t use that function - use wp_remote_get instead.