showing userid on non-vbulletin page isnt working

[DionDev]

why is this simple php script not working?

<?php

chdir('./forums'); 
require_once('./global.php'); 

echo $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

?>

[Lynne]

add this after your require_once line:

PHP Code:

global $vbulletin; 


[DionDev]

its still not working
im logged in, but when i go to that page it shows the userid as 0

<?php

chdir('./forums');
require_once('./global.php');
global $vbulletin;

echo $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

?>

[Lynne]

Is that all you have in the page? You need to look at these: How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) or [How-To] vBulletin API Basics: Creating Custom Pages & Misc.

[DionDev]

yes, that is all i have on the page

your linked threads do not explain why this does not work.

--------------- Added [DATE]1226871188[/DATE] at [TIME]1226871188[/TIME] ---------------

god this is so frustrating. why cant this simple thing work? this is rediculous.

[Lynne]

It works just fine for me.

[DionDev]

http://www.wkdservers.co.uk/forums/index.php

username: tester
password: 123456

http://www.wkdservers.co.uk/vbtest.php

vbtest.php contains:

<?php

chdir('./forums');
require_once('./global.php');
global $vbulletin;

echo $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

?>

why wouldnt this work for me then?

[Lynne]

try:

PHP Code:

chdir('/full/path/to/forums'); 


Although, I just put it in my root directory as is and it worked fine for me. I'm not sure why it doesn't work on your site. Have you checked your error_logs?

edit: I'll bet it's a cookie thing. Make sure your cookie settings are default.

[DionDev]

using the full path in chdir changed nothing.

[Lynne]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a cookie thing (I was editing my post when you posted). Make sure you haven't changed them at all - they should still be default.