README

A PHP client for the Akismet spam detection service. Built using modern practices and with an extensive test suite.

Installation

Install it with the following command:

composer require matthewbdaly/akismet-client

This library use HTTPlug, so you will also need to install a client implementation as specified here in order to actually use this client.

Usage

The client offers the following methds:

• setKey($key) - Sets the API key
• getKey() - Gets the API key
• setBlog($blog) - Sets the blog URL
• getBlog() - Gets the blog URL
• setIp($ip) - Sets the user IP address
• getIp() - Gets the user IP address
• setAgent($agent) - Sets the user agent string
• getAgent() - Gets the user agent string
• setReferrer($referrer) - Sets the referrer URL
• getReferrer() - Gets the referrer URL
• setPermalink($permalink) - Sets the permalink to the post
• getPermalink() - Gets the permalink to the post
• setCommentType($type) - Sets the comment type - can be comment, forum-post, reply, blog-post, contact-form, signup, message or a custom type
• getCommentType() - Gets the comment type
• setCommentAuthor($author) - Sets the comment author
• getCommentAuthor() - Gets the comment author
• setCommentAuthorEmail($email) - Sets the comment author email
• getCommentAuthorEmail() - Gets the comment author email
• setCommentAuthorUrl($url) - Sets the comment author url
• getCommentAuthorUrl() - Gets the comment author url
• setCommentContent($content) - Sets the comment content
• getCommentContent() - Gets the comment content
• setCommentDateGMT($date) - Sets the comment date
• getCommentDate() - Gets the comment date
• setCommentPostModifiedDate($date) - Sets the comment modified date
• getCommentPostModifiedDate() - Gets the comment modified date
• setBlogLang($lang) - Sets the blog language
• getBlogLang() - Gets the blog language
• setBlogCharset($charset) - Sets the blog charset
• getBlogCharset() - Gets the blog charset
• setUserRole($role) - Sets the user role
• getUserRole() - Gets the user role
• setIsTest($test) - Sets whether this is a test
• getIsTest() - Gets whether this is a test
• flush() - Flush all the existing values
• verifyKey() - Verify the currently set API key
• check() - Check the currently set comment to see if it is spam
• spam() - Submit comment to Akisment as spam
• ham() - Submit comment to Akisment as ham
• setParams(array $params) - Set parameters in bulk

All of the set() methods and the flush() method are chainable, so you can do something like this:

$client->setParams($params)
    ->setCommentType('comment')
    ->setCommentAuthor('Bob Smith')
    ->check();

Note that verifyKey(), check(), ham() and spam() do not flush the parameters, so ensure you do so before starting a new request.