auth.php for both phpBB and Joomla

rainymom · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Vancouver, BC

Hi,

I've been playing around with phpBB and Thyme (having a great time too) and I'd like to throw Joomla in the mix. I was wondering if there is an auth.php already existing for this.

Thanks!

Tracey

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Do you mean both at the same time? There is a Joomla auth module in the same section as the phpBB2 auth module.

rainymom · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Vancouver, BC

Yes, both at the same time - authentification for Thyme, Joomla and phpBB all together. I've looked at the auth.php files and I was wondering if I could put them together into one file. I'm fairly new to php (and Thyme), so I don't want to mess around too much with the code with out some suggestions.

HexAngel · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 90

Hi Ian,

was there an anwer to this query?

I have a Thyme calendar using the phpbb auth but would like to integrate both into Joomla.

(btw, which bridge phpbb bridge are you using to integrate phpbb into Joomla on this site?)

Cheers,

p.

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hey Hex,

I'd say the answer for you would be to use the Mambo/Joomla auth module. I'm using something called phpBB2 bridge I think.. it makes phpBB2 look to Joomla for it's users. com_forum I believe. So if both phpBB2 and Thyme are looking at Joomla, then everything will be happy.

Unless you are dead set on Joomla looking at phpBB2 for users. I'm not even sure if that's possible. If it is and that's what you want to do, let me know.

The phpBB2 / Joomla integration on this site took a LOT of tweeking to get things to look right. The bridge basically just throws phpBB2 smack dab in the middle of the content area.

On a side note, if you go with com_forum, make sure that register_globals is off in your PHP settings. There is a well-known exploit in the bridge where people can gain access to site's files when this settings is on. It may be fixed by now, but was not last I had checked.

rainymom · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Vancouver, BC

Hi,

I ended up using Mehdi's phpBridge to get phpBB to use Joomla's users:
http://www.mehdiplugins.com/misc/phpbbjoomhack.htm. And the Thyme auth module for Thyme.

Mehdi was also very helpful when I installed another component into Joomla (that uses AJAX) and conflicted with the bridge.

I do remember having some problems with my Thyme users, but I can't remember what it was exactly. I think I had to recreate a couple, but I'm not sure under what circumstances. It does all work fine now though.

Best of luck!
--t

HexAngel · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 90

Thanks Ian and rainymom,

My prototype installation of Joomla/phpbb uses Community Builder's phpbb bridge (called CBconnector -- http://cbconnector.com/). CB is a powerful Joomla component/module that pretty much takes over Joomla's login and user profiling in order to add 'community' features which I like. However, I'm thinking CB's user database may not play nice with Thyme's Joomla auth module [edit: oh, look at that, it does!]. At least, not without some tweaking.

On the other hand, I'm not all that fond of CBConnector's phpbb/Joomla integration (an IFRAME wrapper on a content module). Mehdi's phpbb bridge does interface with CB (with a couple tweaks, of course, which might give some insight for Thyme's Joomla Auth), and its phpbb integration looks like com_forum. I'll give that a go along with Thyme's Joom auth.

Before that, I'm going to need to move some code and databases around.

Off to the fun zone!

p.