Assistance With non-vb pages

[Orlandu]

On my index page, http://www.ffalexandria.com, I want it to say "Welcome back, $user" or "Welcome guest, to Alexandria" if they are a guest. I thought by including ("forums/global.php"); this would work:

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
$username=$bbuserinfo[username];
 $welcome="Welcome back, $username.";
} else {
 $welcome="Welcome guest, to Alexandria.";
} 


But it doesn't, keeps giving me this error:
Warning: Unable to access ./admin/config.php in /sites/ffalexandria.com/www/forums/global.php on line 129

All I want it to do is say their username if their logged in, what do I need to do?

EDIT: It doesn't work, but it will say "Welcome guest". But it says that for everyone, even though you are logged in.

[Mark Hewitt]

global.php is assuming it is being called from the directory below the forums directory

//load config
require('./admin/config.php');

If you change that to an absolute path it may work (I have not tested this)

[Orlandu]

I just put it as

//load config
require('http://www.ffalexandria.com/forums/admin/config.php');

and this gives me this error:
Warning: php_hostconnect: connect failed in /sites/ffalexandria.com/www/forums/global.php on line 129

[flup]

Welcome guest, to Alexandria.

This is what i see when i visit...

[Orlandu]

I know, but I am logged in and it still says that. So its not getting the $bbuserinfo[username] right.

EDIT: I changed the include on my index page to a full path to the forums, and it doesn't give me an error anymore. Although it still doesn't say "Welcome back, $username" if you are logged in.

[Mark Hewitt]

Um yeah. Just tried something similar and I get the same. Doesn't seem to work if you include global.php when the file is out side of the main forums directory