how to access variables on a external page....

[willms_jay]

Ok, I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I've never recieved a straight answer!

How can I access certain variables (like the userid for example) from an external page. eg. test.php

I know if the user has cookies on, i can do this :



<?php

$bbuserid = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['bbuserid'];

echo $bbuserid;

?>



which would display the users current user number....

but this only works half the time. what if the user does not have cookies installed?

any hints here on a more reliable way to do this?

thanks.

..jordan willms

[willms_jay]

nevermind figured it out, HOWEVER.

what else is contained within $bbuserinfo...

i mean, i know you can get username, userid, etc... what else can you get?

..jordan willms

[filburt1]

echo "<pre>";
print_r($bbuserinfo);
echo "</pre>";

I believe it's just a cached row from the user table plus some random additional things. It even contains the user's passhash.

[Dean C]

* Mist likes that print_r function :)

*memorizes it*

- miSt