[Quasi-MOD] Block Guests from Viewing ANY Page

[discipleao]

Not really a MOD but I didn't know where else to put this.
And IF it is a MOD, then the credit goes to the author of the Hide All User Info MOD:

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darbyrob rob@wombatmedia.com (Rob Chojnacki)

The ONLY reason I am posting this was when I looked for the solution here, I found other users also looking, and very few answers.

But anyway, for those interested:
Here's how I let only logged in users see certian pages on my site.

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OPEN: 
//The .php file you want to protect

FIND:

//
// End session management
//

ADD AFTER:
//
// Block guests from viewing page - Redirect to login
//
if ( !$userdata['session_logged_in'] ) {
   $header_location = ( @preg_match("/Microsoft|WebSTAR|Xitami/", getenv("SERVER_SOFTWARE")) ) ? "Refresh: 0; URL=" : "Location: ";
   header($header_location . append_sid("login.".$phpEx."?redirect=PAGENAME.".$phpEx, true));
   exit;
}
//
// End Block guests
//

FIND:
redirect=PAGENAME.

//change to the name of the page you are trying to protect, minus the php extension ex. example.php = example.

That's it.

[Bradman]

Isn't this done through the admin panel by setting the permissions for each forum? No mod needed, just set it to not be viewable by guests and they won't even know it's there.

[carosel]

Isn't this done through the admin panel by setting the permissions for each forum? No mod needed, just set it to not be viewable by guests and they won't even know it's there.

My thoughts exactly -- can't the same be done by editing the permissions of your forum? If you leave it to where guests can't view, then they'll get an empty forum view until they register, if you were to disable guests from viewing any page.

Though, if you're trying to disable the view of any page, which (since it's 12:43am and I'm sleepy) may be what you're getting at, good deal. This is kind of like the Restrict Memberlist/Usergroup Pages mod, no?

[discipleao]

Yeah, sorry I should have been more clear - the point here was to restrict viewing of ANY page, including NON-forum pages...

It's just a quick way to force a login before displaying a page.
For example:

I am making a section called Articles.
Anyone can read the articles.
Any USER can upload articles.
When you hit the link to the upload section, you are forced to login, so that an unregistered guest cannot upload to your server.

[carosel]

Very good idea.
I like it a lot -- it makes things more secure and private for your members. But, wouldn't you have to do the define phpbb thing for your own new pages (articles and such)..

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define('IN_PHPBB', true);

..in the page to have this work at all? Still, a very great idea for a mod, especially if the pages will be related to your phpBB forum and if you want that added sense of security for your members.

Please forgive my ignorance. I'm pretty new at this stuff.

[discipleao]

What I do is this:

I have a "generic" .php file:

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<?php


define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = './';
include($phpbb_root_path . 'extension.inc');
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.'.$phpEx);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'fetchposts.'.$phpEx);

//
// Start session management
//
$userdata = session_pagestart($user_ip, PAGE_INDEX);
init_userprefs($userdata);
//
// End session management
//

//
// Start output of page
//
$page_title = $lang['Articles'];
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_header.'.$phpEx);

$template->set_filenames(array(
        'body' => 'SOME_FILE_NAME.tpl')
);



//
// Generate the page
//
$template->pparse('body');

include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_tail.'.$phpEx);

?>

That way my headers, footers, etc, are all consistent site-wide.

Like I said I have a section that is going to be for 'Articles' that is OUTSIDE the Forum, but will look & behave just like the forums.

ANYONE can view the articles, but in order to upload an article, you must login...come to my site and see....

[carosel]

Makes perfect sense.
Sounds almost like a portal.

Cool beans.

[Acecool]

This is a RELEASED MOD

EDIT:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=41672

Dont steal their work

[discipleao]

Not really a MOD but I didn't know where else to put this.
And IF it is a MOD, then the credit goes to the author of the Hide All User Info MOD:

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darbyrob rob@wombatmedia.com (Rob Chojnacki)

The ONLY reason I am posting this was when I looked for the solution here, I found other users also looking, and very few answers. [/b]

LEARN TO READ

[discipleao]

...and for the at least third time...this is how I protect NON FORUM pges.
Some others were asking. I answered. This is how I do it.

Period.

If you want to protect "memberlist" & "usergroups" go right ahead.

NON forum.
Sound it out.

I did give credit where credit is due. I didn't STEAL anything...besides can you STEAL open-source??

ps RIF (Reading is FUN)

[adamch25]

Thanks for the MOD/Hack... works great.

[realnerd]

Hi I am trying to implement this code into my index.php so that all guests are forced to register. But I keep getting an error

Parse error: parse error in /home/babbleon/public_html/index.php on line 48

Here is the code I have in the index.php

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//
// Start session management
//
$userdata = session_pagestart($user_ip, PAGE_INDEX);
init_userprefs($userdata);
//
// End session management
//
//
// Block guests from viewing page - Redirect to login
//
if ( !$userdata['session_logged_in'] ) {
   $header_location = ( @preg_match("/Microsoft|WebSTAR|Xitami/", getenv("SERVER_SOFTWARE")) ) ? "Refresh: 0; URL=" : "Location: ";
   header($header_location . append_sid("login.".$phpEx."?redirect=login.".$phpEx, true));
   exit;
}
//
// End Block guests
//

FIND:
redirect=login.

FIND: is on line 48.

Thanks for any help possible

[Tel]

Or you can use:

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if( !$userdata['session_logged_in'] ) 
{ 
   header('Location: ' . append_sid("login.$phpEx?redirect=index.$phpEx", true)); 
} 

[realnerd]

Ugh, I still can't get the forum index to redirect to the login =[

[realnerd]

Hey I got it. Thank you for that piece of info worked like a charm!