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I'm trying to extract data from a vBulletin forum. It works on a test.php file that I upload but doesn't work when I insert it into CMSMS.

It says that it requires all page extensions to be .php not .htm or .html - would that be the problem? Any way to make this work?

I'm not sure what information I need to provide for something like this, so if you need more information, let me know.

Would my only option be an iframe or something? (ugh)

Please read this:

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 661.0.html

and then this:

http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/Developers_FAQ

Right, thanks for both links.

I got excited when I read that development article but it doesn't work.

I created a user-defined tag called 'phpcall' then inserted the code:
  chdir('./forums');
  require_once('global.php');

and when I tried to put the {phpcall} in my page, it gave me the error:

Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /includes/functions.php on line 3291

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3291

Any tips?

okay..... now we have something different...

includes/functions.php isn't a CMSmade simple file, and I don't have vbulletin, so it's gonna get dicey.  but.

I would guess that if you looked in the includes/functions.php file there's probably an array_keys function, or a call to array_keys

I'd do a grep through vbulletin source for the word array_keys on the same line as 'function' i.e:  (hope you have shell access).
my bet is that there's a naming conflict somewhere that needs to be resolved (somehow).  This can get difficult with two php applications occupying the same instance.   

Let me know how this goes.

I'm not sure what to do. I don't know how to fix the problem without screwing up vBulleting or CMSMS.

I changed functions.php to a txt file and uploaded it if you'd mind taking a look? I'd really appreciate it.

http://www.pokerealm.net/functions.txt

foreach (array_keys($vbulletin->forumcache) AS $forumid)

That's line 3291.

it sounds like the $vbulletin object isn't being completely initialized.  as either $vbulletin doesn't exist, or $vbulletin->forumcache doesn't exist (or isn't set properly).

Is there something else you have to call to set up $vbulletin after you include your one file ?

Does this little function work in it's on php file ?

No, it should be fine if I put only that code - it was on my test php page. I did set one up, yeah.

http://www.pokerealm.net/test.php

http://www.pokerealm.net/test.txt

But to be sure, I included both calls and still got the same error.

I was hoping to wake up to an awesome post which fixed all my problems just like that! lol

Sigh, I just need this one problem fixed and I'll be sitting in butter. I really hope I don't have to go with another CMS, I like this one.

unfortunately it looks like it's gonna be a painful debugging process.  You'll have to modify the functions.php to
print out the $vbulletin->forumcache and then trace back to see where it's being initialized (probably something in global.php) and figure out why it's not being set properly.

But I'd start with dumping the $vbulletin->forumcache variable and see what is in it.

it may be something that gives a nice obvious indication as to what is happening.

Ah, I appreciate your time and help but unfortunately, I am not an advanced PHP programmer. I know my way around a little but not enough to fix this apparently.

I found a vBulletin-integrated CMS but I really appreciate your help and I have already recommended CMSMS to two other people and it will work great for them. Thanks again.

Edit: Actually that didn't work out so well, I'll just stick an iframe in there and see if that works. If not, I suppose I can live without vBulletin integration.

That would be a good thing for CMSMS to look into for a future version though. A vBulletin integration module would probably get a lot of downloads.

Edit 2: iframe worked good. I'm happy.