Login from external app without any redirect

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Originally Posted by jwm0z

Reading this post helped me figure out why my session style (not cookie, cookie was fine) login was not working in an ajax function yet it was in a regular POST/redirect style flow.

A redirect is not explicitly needed, it is what happens during the redirect (exec_header_redirect()) which is needed. After looking through the code the reason it appears that a proper redirect is needed is that it eventually calls exec_shut_down() which saves the session.

I could not figure out why my session was not saved correctly with the user info inside and this is the reason.

So for a very simple login:

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->userinfo = fetch_userinfo($userid);
$vbulletin->session->created = false;
process_new_login($logintype = '', $cookieuser = false, $cssprefs = '');
exec_shut_down(); 


Thanks again for the 'redirect' tip-off, this has been pissing me off for about 2 days.

You sir, are a badass. Replacing my do_login_redirect() with exec_shut_down() and then my own header('Location: /') worked PERFECTLY. Mad props :up: