How to use vBulletin user database with external PHP scripts?

[Inocybe]

I would like to use the vBulletin user database with my external PHP scripts. How would I do this?

This is just an example:

<?php
include "vBulletin user file(s).php";

if($_SESSION['user_level'] > 0){
echo "Welcome ". $_SESSION['username'] . " , you have logged in";
}
else
{
echo "Please log in (link to vBulletin login page)";
}
?>

[Adrian Schneider]

PHP Code:

<?php

chdir('/path/to/vb/');
require_once('./global.php');

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
    echo 'Welcome ' . $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . ', you have logged in.';
}
else
{
    // displays vbuletins login/error page
    print_no_permission();
}

?>

[Inocybe]

Thanks, this almost work.

Now when people get the vBulletin login page, the image links is broken, and when I enter my user info and press Log In, I'm refered to the wrong page "login.php" (404 Not found) instead of "forums/login.php".

This is the code I use:

PHP Code:

<?php 
chdir('forums/'); 
require_once('./global.php');

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) 
{ 
    include "include/header.php";
    echo 'Welcome ' . $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . ', you have logged in.'; 
    include "include/footer.php";
} 
else 
{ 
    // displays vbuletins login/error page 
    print_no_permission();
} 
?>

[Marco van Herwaarden]

In what directory is this script located?
And you will probably need to either chaneg back to the directory you scripts are located in after the include of global.php, or qualify the path to your own scripts.

[Inocybe]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

In what directory is this script located?
And you will probably need to either chaneg back to the directory you scripts are located in after the include of global.php, or qualify the path to your own scripts.

Directory:
public_html/myscript.php
public_html/forums/

I solved it myself by making my own (borrowed from vBulletin) login script. Now everything works fine.

Thanks

[hypnoticpimp]

how did you fix it? can you explain more

[Inocybe]

Originally Posted by hypnoticpimp

how did you fix it? can you explain more

Of cource
This is what I use now:

PHP Code:

<?php 
chdir('forums/'); 
require_once('./global.php');

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) 
{ 
    include "include/header.php";
    echo 'Welcome ' . $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . ', you have logged in.'; 
    include "include/footer.php";
} 
else 
{ 
    include "include/header.php";
    include "include/loginform.php";
    include "include/footer.php";
} 
?>

This is the loginform.php (this code is just for testing, so you may want to edit it, but it works):

PHP Code:

        <!-- login form -->
        <form action="../forums/login.php" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, 0)">
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../forums/clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js"></script>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0" align="center">
        <tr>
            <td class="smallfont">User Name</td>
            <td><input type="text" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="User Name" onfocus="if (this.value == 'User Name') this.value = '';" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="103" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" />Remember Me?</label></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="smallfont">Password</td>
            <td><input type="password" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_password" size="10" accesskey="p" tabindex="102" /></td>
            <td><input type="submit" class="button" value="Log in" tabindex="104" title="Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, or click the 'register' button to create a profile for yourself." accesskey="s" /></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="" />
        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />        
        <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
        <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
        </form>
        <!-- / login form -->
<center><b><a href="../forums/register.php?do=signup">Register</a></b> | <b><a href="../forums/login.php?do=lostpw">Forgotten Your Password?</a></b></center> 


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