Yet Another vB Login on non-vB Page

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25 Jul 2005: added $session to make_page_content global list

[CyberRanger]

Neat, I like how access is so easily controlled by the user group. I did notice that I had to slightly modify how I setup the path to my forums. My forum is in a folder called forums just below my docroot. If my example file is in the docroot (ie, above the forums folder) I had to set the full path as:

PHP Code:

define('FWD','forums/'); 


That's running Suse with Apache2.

[CyberRanger]

One question on setting the usergroups. I can only seem to get it to work if that is the user's primary usergroup. Can it also check "Additional Usergroups"?

Thanks!

[calorie]

@westpointer: try the attached...

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by calorie

@westpointer: try the attached...

Thanks! That works great.

I've modified the code a little, setting a variable depending on whether or not the user is a member of the group:

PHP Code:

if (!in_array($usergroup_id,$user_groups) AND empty($result_groups))
{ // RESTRICTED PAGE SETTINGS
    $restricted = 0;
    eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
    $src_output = make_page_content();
} 


Then when the page is output:

PHP Code:

$header
$navbar
END;
if ($restricted == 1) {
    $morestuff = "You can see everything!";
}
$src_output .= <<<END
$morestuff
$footer 


That gives me very nice granular control for what is displayed based on the forum groups. Thanks!

[Snetty]

k, i like the look of this script. My problem is 2 fold, I don't need (or want) any usergroup support at the moment, I assume if i remove lines 95 -> 110 then this will solve that problem.

My 2nd problem is a touch more complex. I only want to display the welcome box (and be able to style it as I see fit). Looking at the code though it's calling the whole $header variable which is already made up by vb. What would I replace that with to meet my needs?

[calorie]

@Snetty: You could just set UGS to all usergroup IDs to bypass the login page. As for what you want to display, just set $src_output as shown in the script.

[FASherman]

How difficult would it be to expand this to something a little more complex?

What I'd like to see is something that:

1. Writes the forum header
2. Writes the breadcrumbs
3. Runs any PHP script, capturing its oputput as a variable via ob_start/ob_capture/ob_stop - thus avoiding header already sent/redefinition errors
4. Writes the script output
5. Writes the forum footer.

[calorie]

@FASherman: you can do all of that. I was writing another example to show but haven't finished it yet. Thought I'd better fill in this post though. :speechless:

[Mimoun]

Is it possible to only show the small box that is on the right side of the navbar.
I want to extract data from the $navbar who do I do that?