Using XenForo Code in other applications

[Lukas W.]

Lukas W. submitted a new resource:

Using XenForo Code in other Applications - Some often-asked basics

Introduction
One of the most-asked questions in the XenForo Dev Section is: How do I access data from XenForo in other applications? Generally speaking, there is two ways you can go about this: If your application is in a different language than PHP, or resides on a different server, you can utilize the built-in API to access most data, and push and pull content from and to your XenForo installation. If you're on the same server, and your other...

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[SAS1024]

@Lukas W. thank you for you instruction!

I have some problems with getting current logged in user.

I logged in on my forum.
I created external script test.php in forum root with following content:

<?php

require(__DIR__ . '/src/XF.php');
XF::start(__DIR__);
var_dump(XF::visitor());

But when I open this script in browser (test script have access to all XF cookies) and look at var_dump output, I can't see any current logged in user data. All fields are empty, like from guest visitor.

Please, help me to resolve this issue.

 

[FizRichard]

I'm trying to load the XF UI (header and footer) on an external PHP application that I want to integrate with XenForo.

I followed the template section and $templater->renderTemplate('publicAGE_CONTAINER', $pageParams) is returning string(0) ""


code:

// Initialize XF
define('CWD', (($getcwd = getcwd()) ? $getcwd : '.'));
$dir = CWD . '/forum';

require($dir . '/src/XF.php');

\XF::start($dir);

$app = \XF::setupApp('XF\Pub\App');
$app->start();


// Get visitor
$visitor = \XF::visitor();


// Initialize template engine
$templater = \XF::app()->templater();
$globalTemplateData = \XF::app()->getGlobalTemplateData();
$templater->addDefaultParam('xf', $globalTemplateData);
$templater->setStyle(\XF::app()->style(\XF::visitor()->style_id));
$templater->setLanguage(\XF::app()->userLanguage(\XF::visitor()));
$templater = \XF::app()->templater();


// Create the wrapper
$pageParams = $myPageParams;
$pageParams['content'] = '<b>Hello World</b>';

$wrappedResponse = $templater->renderTemplate('public:PAGE_CONTAINER', $pageParams);

// Returns string(0) ""
var_dump($wrappedResponse);

Any ideas? I guess I am missing a step or the params need to be set in some way?

Visitor data is visible if I var dump it, so XF is initialized.