Is it possible to include global.php in functions and if statements

[tblancha]

Hello,

I'm having problems attempting to include global.php inside functions and if statements.

I also have problems including global.php outiside if statements and then using the data manager "tools" inside the if statement.

The goal is to add a registered user to additional group(s) using the data manager tools if certain conditions are met.

When I attempt to include global.php either in a function or if statement and then make a call to fwrite, nothing gets written to my file, and the user is not added to the additional groups. It's like php and/or vbulletin goes in la-la land.

Including global.php and $vbulletin works outside any if statements and functions. However, that is assuming one condition is always met. I need to be able to check for multiple conditions and that's why I'd like to be able to at least use if statements and then reference $vbulletin to manipulate the user's groups inside the different if statements (leveraging the data manager "tools").

So I need to be able to do something like (pardon my pseudo-code):

include_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/global.php");
global $vbulletin;

$email = "momma@mommashouse.com";

if ($userlikestheHoustonTexans == "yes")
{
// update membergroupids to add more access

$useridq = $vbulletin->db->query_first_slave("SELECT userid FROM "
. TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE email='{$email}'");

$syd_userinfo = fetch_userinfo($useridq['userid'], 0, 0);

$finalmembergroupids = $syd_userinfo['membergroupids'] . ",9";

$file = fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . "/test.txt","a");
fwrite($file, "made it past including global php \r\n");
fclose($file);

}
else
{
// remove membergroupids to deny access since they don't like the TEXANS - boo
}

//do presave
//check for errors with presave
// if no errors with presave, then really save the users updated information


But declaring global.php outside any if statements and then referencing $vbulletin in the different if statements is not working.

Thanks for any help you can provide!