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[quickcel]

I had the need to login to the xcart store from an .htm page that was outside my xcart main directory. I couldn't find a post with the info so I thought I'd share it. With a few simple lines I was easily able to login from an html page. Here is the code:

First, open up include/login.php

Find:

if ($REQUEST_METHOD == "POST") {

Add Just Before that line:

$outSideLogin = $_POST['outsideLogin'];
if ($outSideLogin == 'outsideLogin') {
	$mode = "login";
	$usertype = "C";
}

Next, Find:

$username = $HTTP_POST_VARS["username"];
$password = $HTTP_POST_VARS["password"];

And Replace With:

		//insert an if else that switches between default xcart login and outside variables POSTed from outside xcart
		if ($outSideLogin == 'outsideLogin') {
			$username = $_POST['username'];
			$password = $_POST['password'];
		}
		else {
		$username = $HTTP_POST_VARS["username"];
		$password = $HTTP_POST_VARS["password"];
		}		

Now - You'll need to open up the HTML page you want to login from and add make sure that your User Name input box has the name of "username" and the password box has the name of "password".

You'll also need to add a hidden input box with the name of "outsideLogin"

Here's a sample from my HTML:

<input name="password" type="password" id="password" size="13">
                    <input name="imageField" type="image" src="images/go_button.gif" align="top" width="20" height="18" border="0">
			  <input name="outsideLogin" value="outsideLogin" type="hidden">

The last thing you'll need to do is make sure the action on your form has the following path: [xcart path]/include/login.php

Hopefully - that can help someone else!

[davide]

Thanks for your post!

Are you using it to avoid anonymous visitors?

I would like to use x-cart a a website only accesible for my registered clients (sort of a extranet inside my public websitepage).

Does somebody know how to forbid entry to non-registered visitors?

EDITED:
I found this topic that may help other users with the same problem
http://forum.x-cart.com/viewtopic.php?t=14069

Regards,
David

[ShishaPipeUK]

Thanks for the code, i have completed the extra code you missed out for the username on the html page and also a link to register a new account and recover the password link. Just replace the www.shisha.co.uk/shopcart/ with your own web site address.

<table width="73%"  border="0">
<tr>
<td width="60%">
<FORM action="https://www.shisha.co.uk/shopcart/include/login.php" method="post" name="authform">

Username<input name="username" type="username" id="username" size="16">

Password<input name="password" type="password" id="password" size="16">Log In 
<input name="imageField" type="image" src="https://www.shisha.co.uk/shopcart/skin1/images/custom/but_head2.gif" align="top" width="20" height="18" border="0"> 
<input name="outsideLogin" value="outsideLogin" type="hidden"></FORM></td>
<td width="35%">Register New account


Recover Password</td></tr></table>