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Contempt+ · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:58 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject: Help with PHP

I know this might piss some of you off, but I've got another question.

I've seen on a couple of other sites, and I've been wanting to do it to mine for a while, but some sites have a login for their phpBB forums on their home page, where it logs you into the forums. I was wondering if anyone knew the "action='link' ".

I've tried a few things, and none work. Would anyone be able to point me in some direction?
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CypherJF · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:47 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

$_GET['action'].. remember to "sanatize" ANY user input; especially when dealing with SQL strings.
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Maverick · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:46 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

huh?

index.php?action=login ?
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Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:48 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I understand what Cypher is saying, at least 90%.. But I don't understand what you're trying to say Mav.

So I have to use $_GET['action'] in my /index.htm, or in the /forums/index.php? /forums/index.php, right?

Pests · Novice Joined: Feb 24 2003 Posts: 84 Offline

Im assuming you want a form to log you into a phpbb forum on your homepage.

Taking a look at the html for the login box on these forums:

Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:10 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Ok, I tried something like that before, I just didn't have the redirects. I'll try it again and see what happens.

Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:18 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Ok, I tried that, but it didn't work. I had a feeling that there was some more work to be done than that.

Thanks for trying though pests.

I'll look around on the login.php page and see what I can find. More help would be appreciated.

Pests · Novice Joined: Feb 24 2003 Posts: 84 Offline

That works if done correctly. Show me your html.

Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:29 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Code: Show/Hide

<form action="/forums/login.php" method="post"><FONT face=Verdana><b>
<font size="1" face="Verdana">Forums Login Here</font></b>
<FONT face=Verdana size=2><BR><BR></FONT>
<font size="1"><b>Username: <br> </b></font>
<INPUT class=form maxLength=35 size=19 name=q><BR>
<font size="1"><b>Password: <br></b></font>
<INPUT class=form type = "password" maxLength=35 size=19 name=q1><BR>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="">
</FONT> <FONT face=Verdana><INPUT class=form type=submit value="Login"><BR><INPUT
name=s type=hidden value=SS></FONT><font size="1" face="Verdana"><b></b></font></FORM>

Donkano · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:08 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Tried that too, didn't work.. MGB, you should know how to do this, right? Oh, and is IPB coded in php? If so, Syrus might know this.

Purge · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:37 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Most of the popular forums like IPB and PHPbb are done in PHP.

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:23 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Heh, Cypher, I always satanize my input, look through these forums and you'll see.

Tell us, next to the fact that "it doesn't work", what doesn't work, exactly.
What kind of error are you getting? Which problems is it giving you?

Don't change the forums' code, your single index.html should be enough.

How can you still have issues with silly things like these? You've been doing stuff like this for several weeks, and you're still asking...

Contempt+ · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:45 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

First off, I haven't been doing things like this for several weeks. I jump around between php, c++, java, html, ect.

When I put in what Don gave me, and I have the redirect in, it just sends me to the /forums/login.php page without logging me in.

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:59 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Want to try posting your homepage and a link to your forums? The homepage link in your profile goes to a non-existing domain.

Donkano · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:02 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Contempt+ · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:44 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

http://www.contempt.ssihosting.com/test is the page that I'm trying to get the login to work. It's just a template that I grabbed off the internet, I'm designing a new page now.

the forums are:
http://www.contempt.ssihosting.com/forums/index.php

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:01 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Stupid how nobody (yeah, I didn't see it either, until just now) noticed how the names for the login fields aren't matching those on the real phpBB login pages.

Contempt+ · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:33 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Hey, Solo helped me out, and we got it working. Had a few errors in the form. Also thanks to the others that helped.

Pests · Novice Joined: Feb 24 2003 Posts: 84 Offline