Надежная и в то же время простая captcha на php.
<?php
// by Jahak
session_start();
$md5_hash = md5(rand(0,99999));
$security_code = substr($md5_hash, 25, 5);
$enc = md5($security_code);
$_SESSION['captcha'] = $enc;
$width = 150;
$height = 30;
$image = ImageCreate($width, $height);
$white = ImageColorAllocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
$black = ImageColorAllocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
$grey = ImageColorAllocate($image, 200, 200, 200);
ImageFill($image, 0, 0, $white);
ImageString($image, 10, 5, 0, $security_code, $black);
header("Content-Type: image/png");
ImagePng($image);
ImageDestroy($image);
?>