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title: "reCAPTCHA Error – Blocked Loading Mixed Active Content"
description: "This article is intended for developers using reCAPTCHA Library for PHP (recaptcha-php-1.11). Problem When I access my website over SSL, Google Recaptcha doesn't load. When I access the javascript..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/google-tools/blocked-loading-mixed-active-content/
date: 2014-06-24
modified: 2020-12-29
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Google Tools"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# reCAPTCHA Error – Blocked Loading Mixed Active Content

This article is intended for developers using **reCAPTCHA Library for PHP** (*[recaptcha-php-1.11](https://code.google.com/archive/p/recaptcha/downloads)*).

## Problem

When I access my website over SSL, Google Recaptcha doesn't load.

When I [access the javascript error console](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/google-tools/how-to-troubleshoot-javascript-using-google-chrome-developer-tools/), I see the following error:

Blocked loading mixed active content
"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?k=KEY-GOES-HERE"

### What causes this problem?

You will see the *Blocked loading mixed active content* error when accessing your website over https (ssl) but calling Google's recaptcha using http (no ssl). Your browser is blocking the insecure content which is trying to load over *http (no ssl)*.

## Solution

The solution to this problem is to use SSL when calling the `recaptcha_get_html` function to create your recaptcha form.

If you look at around line 106 of recaptcha-php-1.11/recaptchalib.php, you'll see the function has an optional ssl parameter:

function recaptcha_get_html ($pubkey, $error = null, $use_ssl = false)

Changing your code from the red example below to the green example below should fix this error for you:

$recaptcha = recaptcha_get_html($publickey); $recaptcha = recaptcha_get_html($publickey,'',true);