Can you run a wordpress installation and vbulletin installation allowing simultaneous registration with both sites?

**Wayne Luke** · Mon 24 Apr '17, 9:46am

You can use custom code to create a user in vBulletin via the API.

Something like (provided you have already created a proper session with vBulletin):

PHP Code:


<html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?>">
            Server URL  <input type="text" size="40" name="remotehost"> (no trailing '/' please)<br/>
            User Name  <input type="text" size="40" name="username"><br/>
            Email  <input type="text" size="40" name="email"><br/>
            Password <input type="password" size="40" name="password"><br/>
            <input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit"><br/>
        </form>
        <?php

            if (!empty($_POST['username']) AND !empty($_POST['password']) AND !empty($_POST['remotehost']))
            {
                echo "submitting to " . $_POST['remotehost'] . '/ajax/api/user/save' . "<br />\n";
                $data = array('userid' => 0, 'password' => $_POST['password'],
                    'user[email]' => $_POST['email'],
                    'user[username]' => $_POST['username'],
                    'options' => array(),
                    'adminoptions' => array(),
                    'userfield' => array());
                echo "Post data is " . var_export($data, true) . "<br />\n";
                $curl = curl_init();    
                curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $_POST['remotehost'] . '/ajax/api/user/save');
                curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
                curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
                curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
                curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
                $userData = curl_exec($curl);
                echo "response: " . var_export($userData, true) . "<br />\n";
                curl_close($curl);      
            }
        ?>

    </body>
</html>

**Wayne Luke** · Mon 24 Apr '17, 9:52am

If Wordpress and vBulletin are on the same server, you can call the API directly as shown by this login script here:

How to log into vBulletin from an external script on your website - vBulletin Community Forum

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blogs/david-grove/4327147-how-to-log-into-vbulletin-from-an-external-script-on-your-website

When designing your website and integrating vBulletin with the rest of your site, it's often desirable to have a centralized login form for users to initiate a vBulletin session. Here are some instructions

The entire API is documentated at http://vb5support.com/resources/mapi

**jdj** · Thu 14 Dec '17, 8:54am

Originally posted by Wayne Luke

If Wordpress and vBulletin are on the same server, you can call the API directly as shown by this login script here:

How to log into vBulletin from an external script on your website - vBulletin Community Forum

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blogs/david-grove/4327147-how-to-log-into-vbulletin-from-an-external-script-on-your-website

When designing your website and integrating vBulletin with the rest of your site, it's often desirable to have a centralized login form for users to initiate a vBulletin session. Here are some instructions

The entire API is documentated at http://vb5support.com/resources/mapi

Is it technically possible to do this connecting two different domains on two different servers?

I.e. User registers with wordpress installation on https://AnothersiteA.com, hits a button allowing his or her user details to be shared with another server and the details are then automatically logged into the vbulletin installation on https://mysiteB.com?

**Wayne Luke** · Thu 14 Dec '17, 10:13am

Technically? Yes. How to do it? I don't know. It is beyond my area of expertise. However, both applications can share information through REST interfaces so it is technically possible. There would be custom development involved on both applications.

**jdj** · Thu 14 Dec '17, 12:12pm

Originally posted by Wayne Luke

Technically? Yes. How to do it? I don't know. It is beyond my area of expertise. However, both applications can share information through REST interfaces so it is technically possible. There would be custom development involved on both applications.

What's a REST interface?

**Mark.B** · Thu 14 Dec '17, 12:24pm

Originally posted by jdj

What's a REST interface?

REST - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer

Can you run a wordpress installation and vbulletin installation allowing simultaneous registration with both sites?

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