[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ruth
smachol, thanks, but i tried that it doesn't work...

Ruth,

Can you be more specific when you say it doesn't work? Are you getting warning messages back? What version of PHP are you running? Is the pathway to the global.php file correct?

Is the main index page of your site an HTML document on PHP? So in other words, when someone clicks the link to go to your site....if they are a member, you want them to automatically be logged in....if they're cookies are set properly and have direct access to the site. If they aren't logged in, you want to be brought to a page that has nothing on it, other than the log in fields? It sounds like this is a little beyond my capability and I'm not sure I can help.

Test 1
when i use that code without show_nopermission code, it only shows the login box in my index.php (non vB), when i try to login using the box, and it redirects me to the same page (index.php) it doesnt show the welcome screen, it shows the login box again (like if i'm not using cookies or not looged in)

Test 2
when i change number 0 to 1 in

i get the welcome screen only "Welcome Back" and not $username
but when i logout and come back it doesnt show the login box at all.


Test 3
when i add this to the code
i get error in show_nopermission(); line


the path to global.php works fine, and didnt have problem with it, however it is not in the same directory as the global.php, because i am trying to put this code in every non-vB page to protect it.

PHP4 with Zend Optimizer

it is *.php

thanks for your help :)

Ruth,

For what it's worth I believe I also had a problem using this unless the script was in the same directory as the global.php file. Sorry, I don't know what to recommend.

smachol, is there a way by putting the script in the same path as global.php and just call it by one line like this code
maybe something like require or include ("path-to/forums/login.php");
in every protected page.

i'm not experienced in this.

thanks

Ruth,

I'm just beginning to learn PHP myself. All I know is that the code I posted above works on my site when global.php and the script using it ('last.php') are in the same directory. I haven't yet tested any other variations.

How about putting in there the direct link to the global.php

foldername being whatever folder(s) lead to your vb folder..

then you can put the script anywhere.


update:

I use this for mine... my vb folder is "main" and I have an "about" folder in the same root as the main folder and I use this in all my pages to get the global.php

Anyone know how I can solve this error message when I require the global.php file on a non-vb page?

Warning: Failed opening './admin/config.php3' for inclusion (include_path='') in ./bulletinboard/global.php3 on line 66

Thanks.

BradC thanks i'll try that...


mferrell, make a duplicate file of global.php, change the path of config.php to the full path...and refer in your script to the duplicated global.php..and try...not sure if it works though.