What variables must I pass from page to page ?

[mihai11]

Hi,

I developed a custom page and I see that I forgot to pass some parameters like "userid" to the page. I don't really need this one, but it looks like this parameter should not be lost because it is used on other VB pages. What are the parameters that must always be passed from page to page when a user is logged in ?

Regards,
Razvan M.

[Dismounted]

You only have to call global.php, it will handle all that for you.

[mihai11]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

You only have to call global.php, it will handle all that for you.

Nope. If the user has disabled cookies, you must at least pass the session ID.

Actually, I am asking this because on a custom page the following:

$user_id = $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];


is not defined while this:

$username = $vbulletin->userinfo['username'];;

is defined. Why is the "userid" not available ?

[Dismounted]

How is your page coded?

[mihai11]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

How is your page coded?

This is happening inside a function:

PHP Code:

function insert_story($thread_id, $story_url, $language_id, $category_id, $description, &$error_description)
{
    global $vbulletin;

    $username = $vbulletin->userinfo['username'];;
    $user_id = $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

    // first we must check if there is already a story with this thread ID
    $sql_thread_id = ("SELECT thread_id FROM story WHERE (thread_id=$thread_id)");
    $sql_thread_id_data = $vbulletin->db->query_first( $sql_thread_id );
. . . 


The "$username" is OK while the "$user_id" is not.