Username on Non-VB Page

I'm trying to print a message either welcoming members back, or if they are not logged in, asking them to either login or register.

I have tried This

<?

require("forums/global.php");

if ($bbuserinfo['userid']!=0) {
$username=$bbuserinfo['username'];
  
echo "Welcome back, <b>$username</b>";

}

?>

But can't get it to work. Basically, I want one of the following messages:

Welcome Back, USERNAME

OR

Please Login or Register To Interact In Our Community.

With the words Login, Register & Community being hyperlinks to their respective areas.

This page/message will be outside the forums directory.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

[mr e]

i might be missing something but try this

require("./forums/global.php");

[filburt1]

You're not defining the opposite case.

PHP Code:

chdir("./forums");
require("global.php");

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0)
{
    echo "you're a guest";
}
else
{
    echo "Just kidding, you're " . $bbuserinfo['username'];
} 

[ohspot]

Hmmm... I tried both tid bits of code, and here is what I get:

PHP Code:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/ohsppigz/public_html/1index.php:8) in /home/ohsppigz/public_html/forums/admin/functions.php on line 1660
you're a guest 

Also, how did you get your signature? I've seen those images with forum stats all over thie forum, is there a hack that allows you to do that or something - very nice.

And thanks for the help!

[ohspot]

I tried saving the code in a seperate file (welcome.php) and I didn't get the header information - however, it always shows up as guest - even though I'm logged in.

I even tried logging in then being redirected back to the welcome.php page - same thing, you are a guest.

:banana: