hmm ... are you relying on cookie id to enter information into the database? (if so a security risk, as ppl can make their own cookies)

(it's much better to use PunBB's own variables, as those has been checked so that the user is who he says he is)

Hmm, could you explain more about these variables? Can I contact you in another form, such as an IM client? I want to talk to someone personally who knows PunBB very well so I can better understand it.

(it's much better to use PunBB's own variables, as those has been checked so that the user is who he says he is)

This is code taken directly from PunBB

    // If a cookie is set, we get the user_id and password hash from it
    if (isset($_COOKIE[$cookie_name]))
        list($cookie['user_id'], $cookie['password_hash']) = @unserialize($_COOKIE[$cookie_name]);

I saw that, I swear, but I did not know if that was the right thing to look at. Wow, now I look totally stupid. Thank you.

Sam Rusch wrote:

Hello, I'm making additions to my copy of PunBB, and I wanted to know how the read the cookie that is set. I've read the code in the functions.php file numerous times, but I can't figure out how the cookie is actually read. I know that the "userid" is set in the cookie, but how would I go about extracting that value?

Thank you.

The cookie is a serialized string which contains an array with 2 elements: the user_id and the password_hash

I know that, but how would I be able to extract those values seperately? Or, actually, what I want to do is just take out the user_id value so I can add some things to the forums. Begin to make my own mods.

Hello, I'm making additions to my copy of PunBB, and I wanted to know how the read the cookie that is set. I've read the code in the functions.php file numerous times, but I can't figure out how the cookie is actually read. I know that the "userid" is set in the cookie, but how would I go about extracting that value?

Thank you.

The cookie is a serialized string which contains an array with 2 elements: the user_id and the password_hash

Sam Rusch wrote:

This is what I am currently using and all it does is show the error message.

$result = $db->query('SELECT contactban FROM '.$db->prefix.'users WHERE id='.$cur_user['user_id']) or error('Unable to select from database', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

There is no contactban value in the database:

http://punbb.org/docs/dev.html

I know, it is something that I added in myself already.

This is what I am currently using and all it does is show the error message.

$result = $db->query('SELECT contactban FROM '.$db->prefix.'users WHERE id='.$cur_user['user_id']) or error('Unable to select from database', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

There is no contactban value in the database:

http://punbb.org/docs/dev.html

Thank you.