Add security to non VB pages and block user groups

OK, my first "hack"!

I created this because I want to have security and logins for my sites non VB pages but don't want two logins, one for the site and one for the forums.

There are other hacks that do the same thing, but this one is different.

1. It creates a PHP session, which means when the user closes the browser they will have to login to the site again later. It doesn't access the VBulletin cookie at all.

2. The user is prompted to login on any page you include this on, once logged in they are taken to that page minus the security.

3. No modification to the VBulletin code.

4. Uses the VBulletin user table so any information in there can be used, like welcoming them on all pages with their login name or telling the user who they are loggin in as.

5. You can block poeple based on their VBulletin user group! That way only certain user groups can see the rest of your site.

6. RUNS ON WINDOWS 2000 AND IIS!!!!!!

Let me know how you like it!

[mt_100]

Make sure you have sessions turned on in your PHP file as well as register globals and I think you may need short tags to unless you change them.

That could be why you can't display the user info. To display the username I just echo the $valid_user variable.

[Doughboy]

Everyone, use WouterW's edit to the hack. It works great Thanks MT_100 and WouterW