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Comment by robbya | Hacker News Reader

I'm confused. The Github link just has PHP code to perform the check, but the linked page clearly shows javascript usage. Maybe the link is wrong?

Since Tor users may also have javascript disabled, I'd suggest that the PHP could add a link for the user to click manually.

The tor.js file is probably generated by that PHP script:

    <?php
    header('Content-type: text/javascript; charset=utf-8');
    …

Yes that is how it works. I will add the deployment documentation in the github to make it more clear

There is now an updated readme on how to use the php backend to build the JavaScript