<?php

use Laminas\Captcha\Figlet;

$captcha = new Figlet(['wordLen' => 3]);

// generates captcha token and stores it in Session
$captcha->generate();
$captchaStr = $captcha->getFiglet()
    ->render($captcha->getWord());

echo '<pre>' . $captchaStr . '</pre>';

// two possible user inputs.
// id = generated session id
// input = user input
$wrongInput = [
    'id' => 1,
    'input' => 'asdf',
];
$rightInput = [
    'id' => $captcha->getId(),
    'input' => $captcha->getWord(),
];

// validate user input
dump($captcha->isValid($wrongInput));
dump($captcha->isValid($rightInput));

__    __   __   __    _____   
\ \\ / //  \ \\/ //  /  ___|| 
 \ \/ //    \ ` //  | // __   
  \  //      | ||   | \\_\ || 
   \//       |_||    \____//  
    `        `-`'     `---`   
                              

^ false

^ true

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