Integration with vBulletin - MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On

Overview:
This hack provides single sign-on capability for MediaWiki using your vBulletin users. You must ensure your cookie path in Admin CP is set to '/' for this to work. Also, I have not tested this if your wiki and your forums are on different subdomains - but as long as your have your cookie domain set properly it *should* work. This is not a user bridge - it is a complete single sign-on using your vBulletin user repository.

The install process has been extremely simplified in version 2.x of this product. You only have to edit LocalSettings.php, import a product, and change a setting in your Admin Control Panel. It's been completely packaged as a vBulletin product - unlike the previous hacked up version, heh. I didn't originally plan to release this so I designed it so it worked - not so it could be redistributed. I searched high and low for a functional MediaWiki bridge - almost bought NuHIT's product, and then realized it had been abandoned for over a year.

This hack no longer requires an edit to class_core.php.

I'll do my best to support it, but I can make no promises.

This thread is for discussion of this mod on vB 3.8.x. For vB 3.7.x, please use the MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On 3.7 thread

Demo of plugin in action: MyMMOGames - Multiplayer Gaming and Media Community

Also, if you use memcached - ensure you do not cache sessions. If you do, restart it at least once a week. If you don't, you'll end up with invalid session errors out of MediaWiki.

Requirements:
MediaWiki Version: 1.11.0-1.14.0
vBulletin Version: 3.6.9-3.8.2

Features:
- Provides single sign on capability between vBulletin and Mediawiki. vBulletin user repository is used
- Configurable sysop/bureaucrat groups
- Configurable disallowed user groups
- Configurable "Who's Online" display
- Counts users viewing wiki in vBulletin's "Who's Online"

Installation/Upgrade:
Please read the included "readme.txt" file in the "docs (do not upload)" folder.

Options:
Admin Control Panel->vBulletin Options->MMOG Wiki Options

Change Log:
1.0.0.0 - Sep 18, 2008
- Initial Release

1.0.3.0 - Sep 29, 2008
- Bugfix: Incorrect redirects for login/logout

2.0.0.0 - Sep 30, 2008
- Feature: Streamlined installation procedure
- Feature: Wiki path set in ACP
- Bugfix: Forum paths no longer hardcoded

2.1.0 - Oct 4, 2008
- Feature: ACP option to use MediaWiki Short URLs
- Feature: ACP option to set sysop groups
- Feature: ACP option to set bureaucrat groups
- Feature: ACP option to disallow login to certain groups
- Feature: ACP option to change WOL display text

2.2.0 - May 1, 2005
- Bugfix: Users are not logged out when logging out of the forum
- Bugfix: No longer requires modification to class_core.php
- Feature: Mediawiki 1.13.0+ supported (verified on 1.14.0 also)

If you like it, please click "mark as installed" The more people that use this, the more time I will make to try and support/update it.

Been pulling your hair out looking for this as long as I have? Nominate it for Mod of the Month =]

AuthPlugin was inspired by and modified from this existing MediaWiki Extension:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QISSingleSignOn

[proxx]

ok reposting here:

I just installed the latest version of mediawiki (1.14) on my vb 3.8.1

Followed all installation steps.

I get the following error on:
http://www.domain.com/wiki/?do=/wiki


Fatal error: Call to undefined method Language::factory() in /path/to/htdocs/wiki/includes/StubObject.php on line 122

Could someone help fix this pls.

[proxx]

the problem doesn't seem to be caused by the .htaccess rewrite rules. I just moved .htaccess and the above fatal error still appears.

[NoeJeko]

Hi Proxx,

I'm not familiar with the environment you're using - you may get better support for someone else if you post the information you sent me in PM - minus the urls and .htaccess rules.

[XFSImperial]

I was just looking for something like this yesterday. I too visited NuHIT's website and saw it almost abandoned by the admins/developers.

One feature that NuHIT Pro version did offer was to use vB's usergroup permissions when viewing/managing the wiki. Is this something you might look to add in the future?

[shaqoneal]

this sounds really interesting. You said this is not a bridge? In otherwords your saying that Wiki and vBulletin are using different mySQL databases?!?

PS: very nice site NoeJeko

[SemperFideles]

Installed but when I try to browse to wiki I receive the following error:

Warning: require_once(./includes/functions_dfha.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(400) : eval()'d code on line 369

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/functions_dfha.php' (include_path='/home/puritanb/public_html/wiki:/home/puritanb/public_html/wiki/includes:/home/puritanb/public_html/wiki/languages:.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/puritanb/public_html/global.php(400) : eval()'d code on line 369

[Flowsion]

I get this in my URL when logging in, I'm sure it's a mistake on my part, though.

http://www.flowsion.net/wiki/%3C?=%20$vbulletin-%3Eoptions[%27bburl%27]%20%20?%3E/login.php%3C?=%20$redirlink%20?%3E

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Installed but when I try to browse to wiki I receive the following error:

I don't know why, but when global.php is called on line 254 of AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php, it is looking for function_dfha.php

It keeps returning this error:

Warning: require_once(./includes/functions_dfha.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/global.php(400) : eval()'d code on line 369

The only way to get it to stop giving that error is to put a copy of functions_dfha.php into my wiki /includes directory. I'm then able to log into the wiki properly.

BUT

When I try to edit an article or change my preferences nothing seems to be working right.

Is there any way to install the old version on 3.8? I tried downloading the 3.7 version but it has the same instructions and files and I was hoping to try the old version because I don't think this one works yet.

[BRotondi]

Does login through Wikis Login-Page work on someones german wiki/vbulletin?
I can enter Login/PW, but will be redirected to the forum without beeing logged in... (workaround programmed in php so not an urgent bug... but interesting...)

Bruno