Even easier than passing a username and password would be to generate a session key and set the cookie automatically. PHPBB just generates the key and stores in a cookie and stores it in the database. I've looked into making some CF code to do this, but we're currently having problems with PHPBB on the site we're using and so it hasn't been worth my time since we may not stick with it. The only thing to keep in mind here is that you need to find everywhere on PHPBB where they can control their usernames/passwords and remove those links or point them to your CF pages so that they can't change their PHPBB usernames/passwords to stuff different than your normal site because that will just get confusing. The other way to come at it would be to rewrite the php portions to login based on the scheme you're using on the CF side.
John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Robert Everland III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:25 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: A very specific ""message board/forum"" question... I just started using PHPbb on one of my sites and I am quite impressed with it. I don't see anyreason why you wouldn't be able to use the database that PHPbb uses and either import the usernames and passwords into what you're doing in CF or just feed off of the usernames and passwords directly. You could even do something where when they log into ColdFusion and they try to go to the forums that you pass the username and password into a page you create in PHP so that they are automatically logged on. Why reinvent the wheel if you got a nice performance tire ready and willing to be used. Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233031 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
