Need a Guide or Info

[ptmuldoon]

I'm a rookie with php, as well as vbulletin in general, so I may struggle and never understand it anyway, but I'm trying to learn, and am looking for possible a guide, or some information on the various vbulletin code to help me convert a set of php scripts that work with phpbb to work with vbulletin instead.

A very small example of the existing code of one file is this:

PHP Code:

function phpbb_log_in($myAuth, $myPassword)
{
    global $db, $user_ip, $mots_page_index;

    $sql = "SELECT user_password, user_active
        FROM " . USERS_TABLE . "
        WHERE user_id = $myAuth";
    if ( !($result = $db->sql_query($sql)) )
    {
        fatal_error("[M2] Could not obtain PHPBB authentication data <br>line =".
            __LINE__ ."<br>file = ". __FILE__ ."<br>query = ". $sql);
    }
    $returnint = 0;
    if( $row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result) )
    {
        if( md5($myPassword) == $row['user_password'] && $row['user_active'] )
        {
            $autologin = TRUE;
                        $session_id = session_begin($myAuth, $user_ip, $mots_page_index, FALSE, $autologin);

            if( !$session_id )
            {
                fatal_error("[M2] Could not start session <br>line =".
                    __LINE__ ."<br>file = ". __FILE__ );
            }
            $returnint = 1;
        }
    }
    return $returnint;
}