How to make my own php script and access vbulletin database?

[geckoz]

Hi all,

currently I'm using this addon: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=4869
With this addon I can set up custom pages and access them through my forum. I can use vbulletin variables in there but I can not have PHP code to work with these variables...

I want to be able to have a page using my forum layout and be able to put PHP code in there and make use of the vbulletin variable like userid etc. so that I can updated account information etc. with my PHP script.

Are there any tutorials on how to do that? What would you recommend me to do??

Thank you for your help!

[Lynne]

Take a look at this article for creating your own php page. You may put your queries in the code here - [How-To] vBulletin API Basics: Creating Custom Pages & Misc.

[geckoz]

Thanks for your help. But I don't understand how and where to place the PHP code. I can not place it in the template, or can I? Because in order to do a mysql query I need to know the corresponding userid of the user currently logged in. But any vbulletin variables can only be used in the template and not in the test.php

[Lynne]

You would place the php code in the php page - right under where it says Start Main Script (and above the $navbits stuff).

[bamfonk]

Originally Posted by Lynne

Take a look at this article for creating your own php page. You may put your queries in the code here - [How-To] vBulletin API Basics: Creating Custom Pages & Misc.

interesting!