Trying to log user in to vbulletin via PHP

[anneIntegra]

I am trying to make a single login into my web site also log the user in to my vbulletin forum. After I validate my user I set up these REQUEST/POST variables:

$_REQUEST['do'] = 'login';
$_REQUEST['vb_login_username'] = $_POST['username'];
$_REQUEST['s'] = '';
$_REQUEST['vb_login_password'] = '';
$_REQUEST['vb_login_md5password'] = htmlentities(md5($_POST['pass1']));
$_REQUEST['vb_login_md5password_utf'] = md5($_POST['pass1']);

$_POST['do'] = 'login';
$_POST['vb_login_username'] = $_POST['username'];
$_POST['s'] = '';
$_POST['vb_login_password'] = '';
$_POST['vb_login_md5password'] = htmlentities(md5($_POST['pass1']));
$_POST['vb_login_md5password_utf'] = md5($_POST['pass1']);

and then include vbulletin's login.php file to perform the login.

However when I bring up the forum home page, I still have a username and password box waiting to be filled in. Are there cookies or session variables or other things/tricks that need to be set up to have vbulletin think I have actually logged in?

thank you.

[Lynne]

Yes, vbulletin sets a cookie when you login and also creates a session. I think there are articles on adding logins to other pages, so you may want to check them out.

[anneIntegra]

Do you have any idea of where I can find these articles? There is so much documentation and from what I can see what I am trying to do is unsupported.
Thanks

[Lynne]

The Articles tab in the upper right corner takes you to the articles forums.

If you search "login" "articles" "titles only" you will get this - Single Signin / Login Integration Tip (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=115380&highlight=login) which may help you out.

[Submerge]

Ohh thanks, I came here today exactly looking for this as well.