How to use vBulletin user database with external PHP scripts?

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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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