Deluxe vB User login and access control on non vB pages

Hack Description

This is the deluxe version of the user authentication and access control system I use on the non vB pages on my website.
For the simple no frills version look here.

This uses the vB 3.5 login system to log you in and out. It allows you to move between your forums and other pages on your site while remaining logged in.

It allows you to do things such as restrict pages by usergroup, display different content depending on a user being logged in or not.
For example, you can have banner Adds displying to non members only, and/or let members access to specific content.

It also displays the logged in users Avatar, number of unread PM's, New posts since last visit, total posts and total threads.
It also allows you to specify a maximum Avatar size, and resize any avatars larger than that, while keeping their height/width ratios in proportion!
Its very handy if you allow large avatars, but want a small format display on your non forum pages.

If the user is not logged in, a login box is displayed, along with total posts and total threads in the forums.

I will try and offer support, but work and family commitments mean I dont have much free time.

This code is a mix of my own, and pieces I have used from other hacks that are floating around.

This is a work in progress and currently a beta version. It was a little rushed as a few people were pushing for it Its missing a couple of planned things like newest member etc, but they will be added in a later version.

This script has been confirmed as working on

• vB 3.5.x - All Versions
• vB 3.6.x - All Versions

Known Bugs
Will not display Avatars correctly if they are kept in the file system (database avatars are fine)

Changelog

Version 2.20 (24th April 2007)

• Fixed - // in paths bug
• Fixed - Javascript warning in some browsers
• Fixed - Tidied up some code
• Fixed - Avatar display code bug

Version 2.10 (4th June 2006)

• Fixed - "MySQL Error : Invalid SQL " when using Database thread/forum marking.
• Fixed - Javascrip error in some versions of IE.

Version 2.00 (16th April 2006)

• Fixed - "MySQL Error : Unknown column 'newposts' in 'field list' "
• Fixed - Number of PM's not displaying in all installs.
• Added - Displays date and time of last login.
• Added - Total number of saved PM's.

To upgrade just overwrite the existing login_inc.php file with the new one.
You will need to re-edit the path on line 3 and also redo any formatting changes you may have done for the last version.

Version 1.0 (15th Feb 2006)

• Initial Release

Click on Install
If you have this script installed then please click on the install link because;

• You will get notified if any security issues are reported.
• You will get notified when there are any upgrades to this script
• It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and motivates me to develop more

Donations
First of all, to be clear. This script is 100% free.

However if you feel an urge to donate I'm not going to say no.
Donations can be made at http://www.billspaintball.com/vb3/bd_donate.php

[Sean James]

Im having a problem where i can login on a sub-domain but after im logged it doenst show me logged in.

My forum is located here:
http://www.bluepearl-design.com/forums/

The page in question is here:
http://www.bluepearl-design.com/template-myspace/ which works perfectly but the sub-domain parked on this directory http://www.template-myspace.com/ refuses to stay logged in.

[adonfun]

This seems like something I can definitely use .. thanks for this awesome hack and I'll try it soon to see if it also works on my 3.6.7

[Sean James]

Originally Posted by NetRover

Hi there, great hack which I have installed and got working. Really pleased and will probably donate but wondered if anyone has managed to resolve an issue mentioned in one of these postings.

Has anyone managed to edit the script to get it to validate to xhtml strict?

My web template is valid without the script but gets lots of validation errors once included in my site template.

I would appreciate if anyone has managed to do this and maybe it could be included??

Mine is validated, took me a while. Will have to ask the author though before i can post any code.

Only thing though, i removed the avatar as i didnt need this on my site.

[ApplePro]

When I run sample script (test.php), I'm getting an error about headers:



I've checked script and there are no spaces before first 4 lines of code.

By the way, I see this only when I logged out. When I logged in (through vBulletin), I see this:



How can I fix this?

PS: I have lastest vBulletin version installed. And the installation is fresh (just one thread).

I've tried both Deluxe and "non Deluxe" versions of this script.

[distinct432]

I have tried to use and I get these errors.

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/site/public_html/index.php on line 3

This one shows under the login area.

Fatal error: Call to a member function query_read() on a non-object in /home/site/public_html/login_inc.php on line 146

[Pottsy]

I have this working perfectly, so thank you.

Is there a programming genius here that can help me convert the little bit of php into perl, so I can restrict a perl script in the same way?

It doesn't have to be elegant, just a bomb out if the user is not logged in and not in the correct usergroup.

[hull_guy]

Hi guys,

Firstly thanks for a great hack, I've got it working almost perfectly, however I could do with a little help if possible.

The site I am using the hack for has an area that anybody can view, and then a number of private pages that are for registered members only.

One of the pages that anyone can view is called members.php, and this contains the login form fields. At the moment when a member logs in they are taken back to this page, although they are successfully logged in.

How can I change the code so that when a member successfully logs in they are instead taken to one of the private pages eg members_index.php instead of back to the same page they logged in from.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,

[Matty128]

EDIT: I'm a dumbass, i didn't do the right forum path, it's working now

This hack isn't working for me, i have vB version 3.6.8

I get the following error on my test.php page.

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/gamenexn/public_html/test.php on line 3

Warning: require_once(/forums/global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/gamenexn/public_html/test.php on line 4

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/forums/global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gamenexn/public_html/test.php on line 4

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Matty128

EDIT: I'm a dumbass, i didn't do the right forum path, it's working now

Been there, done that..

Great to here its working

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Griffin80

Mine is validated, took me a while. Will have to ask the author though before i can post any code.
.

Post whatever changes you like.

Im pretty slack when it comes to validation and any input is welcome.