getting userid on custom page

[squishi]

On a custom page that is called periodically with ajax, I would like to check the userid of the user. (I want to compare it with a variable to show a ban button in my chat application).

So this is what I have:
chdir('../../forum');
require_once('./global.php');
echo "vbuserinfo: ".$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
die();

But vbulletin-userinfo['userid'] is zero ("vbuserinfo: 0").
I am logged in at the forum and global.php is found. I don't understand why it's not working. :confused:

[Simon Lloyd]

You probably need to use this $bbuserinfo[userid]

[squishi]

In a php script? The above code is not in a template.

[Lynne]

My guess would be that global.php is actually not being called. You say you know it's being called - how do you know that?

[kh99]

In ths thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=254375 I notice that your $_REQUEST doesn't contain any cookies. To be honest I'm not 100% sure that it should, but the docs say it should. So maybe somehow the cookies aren't being sent with your request and so you're not seen as logged in?

[squishi]

My guess would be that global.php is actually not being called. You say you know it's being called - how do you know that?

1) The page would show an error message if the file was not found.

2) Vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] is set to 0. I did not set it to zero, so global.php must have set it.

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So maybe somehow the cookies aren't being sent with your request and so you're not seen as logged in?
How would I make the ajax call submit the cookies then? :confused:

[kh99]

Unfortunately I don't know. I always thought they got included automagically based on the domain name you are sending the request to.

Anyone else know?

vvvv Lynne has a good idea.

[Lynne]

Is this in the middle of a function - perhaps you need to make $vbulletin global?

(You wouldn't see errors if you don't have reporting on, so you may want to check your error_logs just in case.)

[squishi]

It's not in a function. I would have received a warning if global was not found.
And the code that I posted above appears exactly the way I posted it. It should work in a function.