1 Topic by littlebigfred (edited by littlebigfred 2010-08-02 10:28)

  • Registered: 2007-07-16
  • Posts: 51

Topic: [SOLVED] Getting username from $_SESSION?

Hello

If I understood how things work, from a different application, once the user has logged on using PunBB's authentication code, the browser received a cookie that matches the session ID that was created for him, and $_SESSION[] contains information put there by PunBB.

I need to read "username" for the current user, but looping through the array returns nothing:

foreach ($_SESSION as $key => $value){
  print sprintf("%s = %s<p>\n",$key,$value);
}

Do I really need to include this whole thing just to read session information for a user who has already logged on?

define('FORUM_ROOT', '/var/www/punbb/');
require FORUM_ROOT . 'include/common.php';
$forum_page['redirect_url'] = $post_info['real_link'];
$forum_page['form_action'] = forum_link($forum_url['login']);
$forum_page['hidden_fields'] = array(
        'form_sent'    => '<input type="hidden" name="form_sent" value="1" />',
        'redirect_url'    => '<input type="hidden" name="redirect_url" value="'.forum_htmlencode($forum_page['redirect_url']).'" />',
        'csrf_token'    => '<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="'.generate_form_token($forum_page['form_action']).'" />'
    );

Thank you.

2 Reply by Grez

  • Grez
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  • Registered: 2008-12-03
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Re: [SOLVED] Getting username from $_SESSION?

I believe you find everything you need at $forum_user smile

require FORUM_ROOT.'include/common.php';
print_r($forum_user);

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  • Registered: 2007-07-16
  • Posts: 51

Re: [SOLVED] Getting username from $_SESSION?

Thanks Grez, it works fine:

<?php

define('FORUM_ROOT', '/var/www/punbb/');
require FORUM_ROOT.'include/common.php';

print $forum_user['username'] . "<p>";

echo("<pre>");
print_r($forum_user);
echo("</pre>");

?>