Trying to log user in to vbulletin via PHP
 

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.

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.

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

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 which may help you out.

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