phpBB stores it's session info in a cookie. The password is MD5 hased in a mySQL table. Take a look at the PHP code and see hoe it is done then use CFM to do the same thing, that's all there is to it. Pay particular attention to login.php and sessions.php.
> > how can u transfer a php login session to cfm or vise versa. > > say if u have a site that is in cfm but it uses a phpbb and dont want > > members to have to login twice. > > I'd love to see an answer to this one =) Bob Guiney's web site > (bachelor bob) is a mix of CF and php right now, including phpBB ... I > had a need to authenticate users for uploading images, so I actually > force them to enter their username and password each time they want to > upload an image to the fan photo gallery... and I just use CF to > authenticate against the phpbb database. > > I'd love to not make them do that everytime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190717 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
