Integration in a site : sessions

LLB

Hi,

I'm creating a web-site. I'd like to access to Vanilla functions and sessions from my web-site. When a user signs in on Vanilla forum, I'd like to get his userid and other informations in my web-site.

In a PHP file, I wrote the following lines:

error_reporting(E_ALL);
include('./forum/appg/settings.php');
include('./forum/appg/init_vanilla.php');
echo "UserID = " . $Context->Session->User->UserID;

If I put the PHP file in Vanilla directory, it works fine and I can see my UserId.
If I put the PHP elsewhere, it doesn't work: UserId is always 0.

I've searched on the forum and on search engines, but I didn't find anything. I changed the cookie path and set to "/", but this still doesn't work.

Does anyone have an idea (or a link) for my problem?

Thanks.

miquel

/offtopic: you can also get the userID directly from the Session object, i.e. $Context->Session->UserID you should also include the "init_people.php", i.e. include('./forum/appg/init_people.php'); maybe also the "headers.php" I assume that the paths are correct where you want the file to access from.

LLB

Thank you for your reply and for the tip. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. When I add your line, I get the error message:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare addconfigurationsetting() (previously declared in path\forum\library\Framework\Framework.Functions.php:22)

I removed the include of "init_vanilla.php". The error message disappeared, but it still prints "0".

squirrel

$full_path_to_vanilla = '/full/path/to/vanilla/here'; ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . $full_path_to_vanilla); error_reporting(E_ALL); include('appg/settings.php'); include('appg/init_vanilla.php'); echo "UserID = " . $Context->Session->User->UserID;

LLB

Hi,

This gives exactly the same result.

My file in my "php" directory prints : "UserID = 0".
My file in my "forum" directory includes the other page (so, I'm sure it's the same code that's executed) prints : "UserID = 1".

I believe this is connected to sessions and paths, but I don't know exactly how things work.

mcargian

I am having the same issue, getting the UserID from wordpress pages and also a stand alone PHP custom home page. Does it matter what path is set for your cookie? The above squirrel code works fine when the php files is inside the /forum/ (vanilla) directory. But does not work in any other directory.

PastorBones

my same problem too, if the script is ran outside of the vanilla folder, $_SESSION is completely empty...including the scripts fills the $Context object, but never gives anything other than 0 for user id... Is there ANY solution to this problem? I've scoured the forum, dived into the code and nothing explains it better than some sort of $_SESSION security to where it's not filling because the URL is different... If anybody has a solution...I've been waiting for days

Dinoboff

You need to change the cookie settings; if you you forum is at www.example.com/forum, your cookie settings are probably:
$Configuration['COOKIE_DOMAIN'] = 'www.example.com'; $Configuration['COOKIE_PATH'] = '/forum';

If you need the session to be accessible at www.example.com/, you need:
$Configuration['COOKIE_DOMAIN'] = 'www.example.com'; $Configuration['COOKIE_PATH'] = '/';

If you need the session to be accessible at blog.example.com/, you need:
$Configuration['COOKIE_DOMAIN'] = '.example.com'; $Configuration['COOKIE_PATH'] = '/';

PastorBones

If you need the session to be accessible at blog.example.com/, you need: $Configuration['COOKIE_DOMAIN'] = '.example.com'; $Configuration['COOKIE_PATH'] = '/'; I changed the cookie settings and still, same thing...$_SESSION is empty and UserID is 0 and I'm still logged into at www.example.com/forum/

jacmoe

I used this guide to integrate Vanilla and Dokuwiki:
http://lussumo.com/docs/doku.php?id=vanilla:integration:dokuwiki

It works.
I've set my cookie path to '/' in Vanilla.

jacmoe

Take a look at this page also:
http://lussumo.com/docs/doku.php#external_application_integrations

mcargian

@PastorBones - my issue was actually with Wordpress, as I was trying to integrate the session state into the WP header. Wordpress has a function that sanitizes (and deletes) most global values, including the $_SESSION array. Not sure if there is something similar in your application or not. I doubt you are having the same issue, but thought I would mention it.

Dinoboff

I just tried. I created a file you did. and tested and got a userid of 0. Then change the cookie settings and tried again without getting my userid. Finally I cleared my cookie, then logged-out,logged-in and it was finally working.

judgej

After changing your cookie paths and domains, don't forget to delete the existing cookies from your browser before doing anything else. If you don't, you will probably get some weird results, such as the new cookie path not being able to overwrite the old cookie path. -- JJ