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[PMWD]

Hi Guys

I'm after opinions really on the flexibility of php bulletin boards. I have to tailor a third party board for a new website and it's got some major design in it so it's going to be a tough one, plus I want to be able to use the login for the board to check access on other areas of the site.

Any thoughts and past experiences appreciated, as I've only ever tweaked them so far.

Cheers

 

[andrewdodd13]

phpBB is very good at being extensible. I have set up a website with three distinct sections which are all based around phpBB's login.

I haven't looked at version 3, but if 2 was anything to go by, it should be easy to extend.

If nothing else, you don't necessarily have to use the forum's login cookies/etc, just read the user names and passwords straight from the database - usually the passwords are salted and then hashed with MD5.