UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? How do I call the cookies in a folder outside the threads install?

Here is what I am trying to figure out. I have ubb.threads installed in a /forum/ subdirectory under my root. My main URL is http://forum.site.com/ (a sub-domain).

Now I have a few directories I have added IN the forum directory (ie forum/dir1) where I can call the threads main.inc and limit access to those pages based on who is in what group. Sorta neat.

Anyway - what I am TRYING to do is that same thing...in a directory ABOVE the /forum directory. Basically this:

mainftp/forum/ = my ubb.threads install
mainftp/private/ = pages I am trying to limit access.

Now when I call the main.inc, it looks like "require ("../forum/main.inc.php");"

That does not work, it states I must log in. When I hit the login button...I am already logged in and it takes me immediately to my start page.

I tried setting cookies to / so they are site readable (they were not previously so), and I logged out and in. No luck.

Any quirky thing I am missing here?

If the cookie path is "/", then the cookies will be read regardless of the directory from which the script runs. The problem may be the subdomain, since UBB.threads (still) doesn't let you configure the cookie domain. If you access the script using the URL forum.site.com, then the cookies will get created with that domain, and they would not be readable by a script invoked with the URL site.com.

I think cookies from subdomains are different from each other. This is the main issue when people configure the domain in threads with and without the www.

For example www.ubbdev.com is a different cookie from just ubbdev.com

That's my understanding of it. You can only read the cookie from the same domain (sub domains are different).

Doah -
The doorbell rang and Dave beat me to it.

That is what I was afraid of.

Time to either load UBB.Threads in a new folder (not subdomain), or figure out how to call em!

Thanks guys.

I have moded my 6.1 to have configurable subdomain for cookies as well, haven't ever had a problem.

Any chance that is a hack out here somewhere Gardener? I can muck through it...but if there is already a road map, no reason to get all mucky!

No, I've never released it as a hack... Guess I could write it up if you want, I don't think it's that much of a change.

If there is one place I am seriously lacking...it is cookies and how they work.

Don't write it up on my behalf...if it is not already out there, I will figure it out eventually, heh.

From the 6.4 changelog
[]Created a ubbt_setcookie function that all cookies are now set with. This gives a central location for any special cookie modifications.[/]

I bet this will be easier in 6.4.

Yeah, it will.
It's a bit annoying at the moment. It's an easy change, but you need to modify many files at the moment.

[]Medar said:
If there is one place I am seriously lacking...it is cookies and how they work.[/]

Here's the starting point on learning about cookies: Client Side State - HTTP Cookies.

Very cool, thanks Josh, Astaran, and Dave

Time to go read.