Add VB login to custom pages?

[thephonemall]

I have some custom content and PHP scripts that I would like to make only available to my forum members. How can I VB password protect a custom page?

[rake]

insert the vbulletin backend and then use an if statement...

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

if($bbuserinfo['userid'])
{

.........
exit;
}
else
{
print_no_permission();
}

[thephonemall]

Thank you very much for the reply!
the uh.. *cough* backend? Sorry I am a little new to VB and PHP

[rake]

Including the global.php file in any other file will allow you to access all vbulletin functions, classes ($DB_site for database connection...) and all other vbulletin resources. That's what i meant.

In this case you need to check if the user visiting the page is a member or not. vBulletin checks the cookies, the sessions and determines if the user is a member and is logged in, which is reflected in the $bbuserinfo array. Therefore, you can check the $bbuserinfo['userid'] variable to see if you've got a valid viewer or not. If the id is greater than 0, it's a member. If it's 0, it's a guest.

Hope it helps.

[thephonemall]

Thanks again.. I will five that a try. I just realized that one of the pages I would like to VB password protect is an HTML file instead of PHP. Will that pose a problem?
-- Would you be willing to password protect and add my VB header to a couple pages for $25.00 CAD via PayPal?

[rake]

for the html file, change the extension to .php and add this:

<?php
chdir("./forumdir");
require("./global.php");
chdir("../");

if($bbuserinfo['userid'])
{
?>

plain html code here

<?php
exit;
}
else
{
print_no_permission();
}
?>

[thephonemall]

This is the code I added:

--------------------------

<? chdir("/home/thephone/public_html/forums");
require("./global.php");
chdir("../");

if($bbuserinfo['userid'])
{

exit;
}
else
{
print_no_permission();
}
?>
---------------------------
If I am logged into the forums I receive a blank page. When I am not logged in I get this error:

Warning: construct_forum_jump(./includes/functions_forumlist.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/thephone/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2270

Fatal error: construct_forum_jump(): Failed opening required './includes/functions_forumlist.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/thephone/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2270

Any ideas?

[thephonemall]

Bump!

[rake]

you should put something before the exit; if you want something to be displayed while you are logged in.

for the second, i really have no idea. a member confirmed that the code works in another thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=73731

try using just chdir("./forums"); and see what happens. (assuming your site and this script are in: /home/thephone/public_html/)