When people sign in.........Need help!!

[Marc]

When people log in to my site, i want them to be able to browse the whole site including the forum.
Problem is that the forum works with another index.php file and that it's in another map.
I wan't to implement database updates from one table to another.
Is this possible and how can i do this??
Thanks

PS: forgive me for beeing such a newbie.

<?
require "engine/load_configuration.pml";
require "engine/scheduler.pml";

$timestamp=time();
$timeout=$timestamp-$timeoutseconds;
$db = c();
if($action == order && order_n != "")
{

	include "engine/card_process.pml";

	if($payment_status == success)
	{
		$page = payment_success;
	}
	else
	{
		$page = payment_failed;
	}
}

include "engine/login_pages.pml";

//  Locating current page

if($page == logout)
{
    q("DELETE FROM dt_usersonline WHERE userid='$sAuth'");
	$page = index;
	$sAuth = "";

	setcookie("sAuth");
}

if(IsRequiredLogin($page) && $sAuth == "")
{
	$page = sign_in;
}

if(!isset($page) && !isset($current_page))
{
 	$current_page = index;
}

if(!empty($page))
{
 	setcookie("current_page", $page);
	$current_page = $page;
}



$logged_in = 0;

//	Handling actions

if($action == login)
{
	if($login == "" || $pswd == "")
	{
		$error = "Invalid username or password entered!";
	}
	else
	{
		$fMember = f(q("select * from dt_members where login='$login' and pswd='$pswd'"));

		if($fMember[ id ] == "")
		{
			$error = "No such user in the database!";
		}
		else
		{
			setcookie("sAuth", $fMember[ id ]);
			$sAuth = $fMember[ id ];

			$logged_in = 1;
                            q("UPDATE dt_profile set lastlogin=".time()." WHERE member_id=".$fMember[id]);
		}
	}
}

if(!$logged_in && isset($sAuth))
{
	$fMember = f(q("select * from dt_members where id='$sAuth'"));

	if($fMember[ id ] == "")
	{
		setcookie("sAuth");
	}
	else
	{
		$logged_in = 1;
	}
}

//	EOF Handling actions

if($current_page == sign_in && $logged_in)
{
	$current_page = members_area;
}

session_start();
$ses_id = session_id();
if($logged_in)
{
	$member_code = sysGetProfileCode();

            $fExists = f(q("SELECT id from dt_usersonline where session_id='$ses_id'"));
            if ($fExists[id] == "")
            {
               q("INSERT INTO dt_usersonline (timestamp, ip, login, userid, session_id) VALUES ($timestamp,'$REMOTE_ADDR','$fMember[login]', $fMember[id], '$ses_id')");
            }
            else
            {
               q("UPDATE dt_usersonline set timestamp=$timestamp, login = '$fMember[login]', userid = $fMember[id] where session_id='$ses_id'");
            }
}
else
{
            $fExists = f(q("SELECT id from dt_usersonline where session_id='$ses_id'"));
            if ($fExists[id] == "")
            {
               q("INSERT INTO dt_usersonline (timestamp, ip, login, session_id) VALUES ($timestamp,'$REMOTE_ADDR','', '$ses_id')");
            }
            else
            {
               q("UPDATE dt_usersonline set timestamp=$timestamp where session_id='$ses_id'");
            }
}
q("DELETE FROM dt_usersonline WHERE (timestamp<$timeout)");
$rUsers = q("select * from dt_usersonline where (login <> '')and(timestamp>$timeout)");
$registeredon = (int)nr($rUsers);
$f = 0;
$rusers = "";
while($fUsers = f($rUsers))
{
           if ($f == 0) 
           { 
           		$rusers = '<a href="index.php?page=view_profile&id='.$fUsers[userid].'">'.$fUsers[login].'</a>'; 
           		$f = 1;
           }
           else 
           { 
           		$rusers .= ', <a href="index.php?page=view_profile&id='.$fUsers[userid].'">'.$fUsers[login].'</a>'; 
           }
}
$rUsers = q("select * from dt_usersonline where (login = '')and(timestamp>$timeout)");
$guestson = (int)nr($rUsers);

include "templates/page_top.ihtml";
include "engine/pages/$current_page.pml";
include "templates/page_bottom.ihtml";

d($db);

?>

[mrbaseball34]

Why no tie in your site authorization code to your forums,
basically log them into the forum and use the same session id for
your site. You should have the forum code to show you how...