[wp-hackers] Use WP as an authentication system

[Alex Hempton-Smith]

Thanks Mike, I've defined ABSPATH and when I visit the page I get sent to
the WP login page. I log in, it redirects me to the Dashboard. When I go
back to the subdomain it just shows me the login page again.
Why's it doing this you think?

-- Alex


On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM, <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:

> admin.php includes wp-load.php and assumes it's relative directory. Either
> define ABSPATH to your WordPress root or explicitly require() wp-load.php
> using the correct directory before requiring admin.php and that should solve
> it.
>
> -Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith <hempsworth at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  I'm having real trouble with this... I get errors when I try to include
>> the
>> following code:
>> require_once('../wp/wp-admin/admin.php');
>>
>> Saying:
>> Warning: require_once(../wp-load.php) [function.require-once]: failed
>> to open stream: No such file or directory in...
>>
>> Does anybody have any experience of using WP in this way?
>>
>> -- Alex
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Gaarai <gaarai at gaarai.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I'm about to head out, but I wanted to give you a tip to get you started.
>>>
>>> I recommend checking out the wp-admin/index.php file. This should serve
>>> as
>>> a template for your custom app.
>>>
>>> You'll also need to look at the $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] query arg so
>>> that
>>> you can properly redirect your user once they've logged in. You can find
>>> more about it by looking in the wp-login.php file.
>>>
>>> Chris Jean
>>> http://gaarai.com/
>>> http://wp-roadmap.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>> I'm building a set of custom apps/scripts for our charity and I would
>>>> like
>>>> to make these available at "staff.example.com". I have a regular
>>>> install
>>>> of
>>>> WP in "example.com/wp/". The staff subdomain's content is actually in
>>>> /home/
>>>> example.com/staff/.
>>>>
>>>> Instead of re-invent the wheel I (and to have the same
>>>> usernames/passwords),
>>>> I would like to use the authentication system from the WP install on my
>>>> own
>>>> custom PHP stuff in the subdomain. And then be able to use normal WP
>>>> functions within my own app, like checking if they're logged in, getting
>>>> usernames etc.
>>>>
>>>> What do I need to do to allow my users to log into the main install, and
>>>> then be logged into the custom area?
>>>>
>>>> I know it'll be more than just including 'wp-blog-header.php', because
>>>> of
>>>> cookies etc?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks if anyone can help!
>>>>
>>>> -- Alex
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