Simple vB User login and access control on non vB pages

Hack Description

This is a cutdown version of the user authentication and access control system I use on the non vB pages on my website.

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.

Ive cut it down to the bare minimum that it needs to work, no fancy stuff such as avatars, PM's, or even formating.

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 script has been confirmed as working on

• vB 3.5.x - All Versions

Changelog

Version 1.30 (24th April 2007)

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

Version 1.20 (2nd December 2006)

• Fixed Logout incorrect path bug
• Made change to reduce compatibility problems with foreign scripts

Version 1.10 (4th Feb 2006)

• Changed login_inc.php so you only need to edit path in one place now.
• Added more commenting to login_inc.php
• Added usage instructions to instructions file
• Added troubleshooting guide with all common problems and fixes to instructions file.

Note: It is NOT necessary to update from 1.0 to 1.10.
There is no functionality changes or bug fixes between these 2 releases.

Version 1.0 (17th November 2005)

• Initial Release

Deluxe Version of this hack is now available
Has Avatars, PM's, Number of Posts etc.

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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

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Virtuosofriend

You can get it and play around with it from www.phparena.net

Just had a quick look.
Its something the pafiledb developers would need to do.

[Virtuosofriend]

hmm i thought so.Thanks mate.

[medw1974]

Originally Posted by boske

I am getting the error

Line: 469
Char: 1
Error: Expected '('
Code: 0

And I think I narrowed it down to this line:

	<input name=vb_login_username type=text id=navbar_username onfocus=if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = ''; size=10 />

It has to be this though
onfocus=if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';

Does anyone know what that does?

I had exactly the same situation removing the onfocus section gets rid of the javascript error on IE and doesn't seem to affect the operation of the script. Can anyone confirm what that code section actually does?

[UtilityGeek]

Does anyone know if there's a way to check if they forums are currently down/closed and then display some text or whatever if they are. The way it currently works is if they are down then the user is thrown to the vB forum page showing that the forum is down and is unable to access the site. It would be great if it could just say "User information not available." or whatever.

Is this possible? I would still like for the site to be available when the forums themselves are down.

[Billspaintball]

Good idea.
Not sure if its possible but I will look into it.

[idwf]

this seems perfect for what i want, however, i can't get it working correct.

I can get the log into to work, so that it says 'welcome Magik' and all that jazz, but it then redirects me to a page with the login bar there again. Not a 'wecome magik' thing. what am i doing wrong?

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by idwf

this seems perfect for what i want, however, i can't get it working correct.

I can get the log into to work, so that it says 'welcome Magik' and all that jazz, but it then redirects me to a page with the login bar there again. Not a 'wecome magik' thing. what am i doing wrong?

Have a look at step 3 in troubleshooting.
See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....98&postcount=2
Did that fix it?

[idwf]

OK. I've been playing around with it all day because i really ened this to work, and i've got it working. However, I now get

Fatal error: Call to a member function unlock

The log-in, owever, works for now!

[Quarterbore]

I am just starting to play with this and your test scripts work great for me...

I am trying to take an old php script (Recipe Script) that uses it's own member login and password and use your mod to use vB UserId to be forced... As long as the person has to be signed in and I can capture their user ID that is good enough for this need (for now).

I am curious if the fact that this script I am working with conects to a different database then vB will cause me problems using this method?

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by idwf

OK. I've been playing around with it all day because i really ened this to work, and i've got it working. However, I now get



The log-in, owever, works for now!

Ive never seen that error before.

Are you running any other scripts on that page?
If so, my guess there is a conflict with one of them.

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Quarterbore

I am just starting to play with this and your test scripts work great for me...

I am trying to take an old php script (Recipe Script) that uses it's own member login and password and use your mod to use vB UserId to be forced... As long as the person has to be signed in and I can capture their user ID that is good enough for this need (for now).

I am curious if the fact that this script I am working with conects to a different database then vB will cause me problems using this method?

I think I see what your trying to do. Use the vB userid from this and record it in the other database?

I do something similar on my site where a couple of custom databases record the record owner by their vB id.

Short answer is that I dont know if it will conflict with your script or not. All you can really do is try and see.

[chickedy]

I have installed the script as described. I named my page members.php and put it in the root directory. The page shows up fine, but when I try to login it just refreshes back to the page. I have changed the Cookie path to / and still nothing.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Billspaintball]

What version of vB are you using?
Your profile says 3.0.3

[EDFMedia]

Originally Posted by Billspaintball

I think I know why. Let me instal vB External over weekend and have a peek at it.

Curious to know if you ever found what the problem might be when using vbexternal? Everything works perfect until I use it in conjunction with vbexternal and I get a "Cannot redeclare class vbulletinhook" error.

[eNforce]

okay, i got it to work... however once logged in it won't keep you logged in
http://www.areyouserios.com/ - removed for now.

you can test by loggin in with
username: demo
password: demo

http://www.seriosgaming.com/test_login.php it sort of works here, log out doesn't work though.

i've tried all the cookie settings as suggested