Connecting login system to message board.

unreal128

I finally created a homegrown login/registration system that brings a tear to me eye. My only problem now is that I want to incorporate the message board that I already have (YaB😎 but redirect all the login/registration stuff to my homegrown software. To do this I would have to dig deep into the YaBB code and find some way to make Perl and PHP communicate/share data. This seems like a big pain in the ass for me and I don't mind tearing out YaBB altogether but I definently don't want to develop a message board myself.

Can anyone point me in the direction of message board software that will integrate well into my independent login/authentication system? I don't mind making the adjustments to the message board code, as long as it is not too painful.

tony_l

You can always search the internet for Yabb modules and hacks. I know that phpBB has hacks that allow you to do the same thing. Yabb has to have something somwhere as well. However, speaking from experience, you will probably end up using their login module in your code, and scrapping your own authentication system. I hope not though - I know how it is to construct a user auth system that is super secure and works like a dream, just to have to scrap it for someone elses. 🙁

unreal128

Thanks for the tips. I really like YaBB alot because it is open-source but I might have to switch over to phpBB.

tony_l

PhpBB is open source as well. Don't give up man, just do some searching on the net. It took me a while to find something on phpBB. You can look at their code and see how they authenticate - it will be difficult though. You could also write your authetication info - account, user, pass, email, etc to the forum database using your own scripts, but again, you will need to dig into their code ands structure to figure out how they have it designed.

Good luck man!

unreal128

For some reason I thought phpBB wasn't open source? Maybe I am confusing it with another PHP CMS. Thanks for the motivation, I will try and dig around for a solution to integrate my authentication system with.