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Might be a bit of an odd question, but do any of you guys know this? I'm writing a shoutbox for IPB forums, which'll only allow posts for non-banned, logged in users, and an admin panel that's only accessible to admins.

Here's the thing... I don't have an IPB forum to test around with, and don't know how it sets when somebody logged in or not. The banned/admin thing is probably set as a number in $ibforums->member['group']. Along with that, I'd have to know what all information's stored in $ibforums->member[], and with which name to call it. The login-thing might be done with $ibforums->vars['force_login'] == 0, but I'm still a bit sketchy 'bout that.

Anybody here who can help out on this? Thanks in advance.

You need a test installation. It makes no sense asking other people how some software does X and then tinker with that without having the ability to test things.

I looked for a download of it, but can't find it ::) The official download page doesn't have a download, either. I'll keep on looking, I suppose.

If I knew how the thing logs in and which variables it uses, I could write what I need without needing to test it That'd mean I wouldn't need to find an impossible download.

Sorry, but if you don't have access to the thing, why are you writing a plugin for it? Is that a contract work? If yes, kick that bugger who gave you the contract until he gives you a testing environment, too.

If I knew how the thing logs in and which variables it uses, I could write what I need without needing to test it.

Famous last words.