Question2Answer Q&A - Recent questions tagged external

How to get all questions from DB via external php file

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:32:14 +0000

Hey,

I have an external php file where I

require_once '../qa-include/qa-base.php';

So far I want to get all the questions from my db (in my case only 1 in there) and return it to my self created html page.

I have trouble finding the right function inside the Q2A structure which would return me this result. Can you please put me on the right track?

Furthermore it would be very kind if you could also give me an example on how to query the db in a specific way, if this is not to much to ask.

Regards,

Peter

Pull QA data from external PHP?

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:17:52 +0000

Is there any step by step tutorials on how to pull data from an external PHP file? I've tried to read https://docs.question2answer.org/code/external/ but it's still confusing to me.

Basically, my site setup will be:

site.com/index.php - homepage
site.com/qa - this is where Q2A is installed

In index.php, I want to pull the following data and display:

latest 20 questions
latest 20 activities
latest 20 members.

SSO $redirect_back_to_url

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:16:59 +0000

I successfully implemented single sign on with CodeIgniter. Now, when users login using QA it redirects them to the main site login page. How do I redirect them back to where they came from?

I don't how to setup the $redirect_back_to_url inside qa-external-users.php. Is there somewhere else that the variable needs to be assigned?

When I do this :

^{'login' => $relative_url_prefix.'../ucp/login?redirect='.urlencode('http://mysite.com/qa/'.$redirect_back_to_url),}

at my login page I could see all that URL, but it doesn't redirect.

How to implement Single Sign On using Q2A

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:22:17 +0000

Ref: https://www.question2answer.org/qa/56605/q2a-on-main-and-subdomain-with-single-user-base

Comment by Scott

"Yes this is correct. The shared user base feature is the one to use.

However, if the sites get very popular and you need to separate them all onto different servers, it would be technically possible to set up your own Single Sign On using Q2A itself."

If there are many Q2A subdomain then it is better to use separate db for every site. If one of the subdomain is performing very well then you can move only that site to high performance server.

Also if any one of site is not doing good and owner want to delete then it is easy to disconnect.

Imagine if there are 15-20 subdomains, using single mysql db will be mess.

@Scott, pupi1985, could you please implement Single Sign On using Q2A or provide solution here so that I can test and you can integrate in next q2a version.

It will be helpful to create Q2A network sites.

Thanks!

Using individual database but single user login for WordPress & Q2A possible?

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:48:18 +0000

If I sounded little crazy, please ignore. I am not a programmer.

I was trying to add differently database for both WordPress and Q2A, database1 and database2 respectively. I did it successfully.

Added the same User to both WordPress and Q2A database.

database1 / user1 For Wordpress

database2 / user1 For Q2A

Result: My Q2A Crashed but Wordpress is still working

I tried this because the Q2A Wordpress integration is forcing to use same user and database as well. In my case, I want to use a different database but same user for both.

How can I achieve this?

Register user from external application

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:57:48 +0000

Hello to everyone.
I'm creating android app for my q2a website. I want to register user from android app and i created webservice. But on qa_users table i seeing passsalt and passhash what is mean?

How to add extra page?

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:41:57 +0000

Hello sir, can you please explain me this in brief?
http://docs.question2answer.org/code/external/
I tried copying and pasting the same code inside public_html. but it showed error like 'took too long to respond' . am i wrong in doing this or where should i write my custom code as per that link says?

I want to display username on external page. what should i do? where should i paste the code?

HELP ME PLEASE

Login Account from other website

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:53:48 +0000

I want to disable registration in q2a site.
I have a website say xyz.com and this website also require registration and login
My q2a site is at q2a.xyz.com
So now, I want users to use there login id of xyz.com at q2a.xyz.com for login.

Username & passwords are in table => tbl_users

Username are in column => user
Password are in column => pass

Database for both will be different

How to login a q2a user from using another domain? (Single Sign-On / Multiple Logins at once)

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:17:49 +0000

Situation:

Running a q2a forum siteQ.com
Running a custom website siteB.com with a custom script for user logins.
I want to get rid of the custom login script. Instead I would like to use the table "qa_users" from siteQ.com (q2a forum) for the login handling.
I know already that I can access the q2a db and files from siteB.com via external integration.

Wanted:

1. User does his login on siteB.com using table qa_users (works already with external integration)

2. User coming from siteB.com visits siteQ.com which recognizes the user as loggedin.

By the way, you know this login feature from Google and Stackexchange, for instance.

Question:

How can this be implemented?

I researched already and found on stackoverflow: 1, 2, 3. But probably there is a simpler way within question2answer.

Could someone help me with an example of an external login?

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:10:24 +0000

Greetings,

I've searched the forums and looked through the /pages/login.php file. I've also read the module logins page in the wiki. I'm still grasping at how to actually pass user login / registration info to q2a from my external page. I'm really not great with php. Would anyone be kind enough to help me with a basic example of how I can take the email/pw and pass it into q2a and how I can do the same with registration fields? I would be forever grateful.

I'm not using openID or facebook or any of the other login plugins. Just a simple email/password.

Thanks,

J

Q2A BUG ? $extravalue seems not working while using external app-post-create.php

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:18:05 +0000

I'm using this example http://www.question2answer.org/external.php everything seems good, but when i using $extravalue, additional field doesn't show up in question. What i did wrong ?

$type='Q'; // question
   $parentid=null; // does not follow another answer
   $title='Why do birds sing?';
   $content='And why do they fall in love?';
   $extravalue='test field info';
   $format=''; // plain text
   $categoryid=null; // assume no category
   $tags=array('birds', 'sing', 'love');
   $userid=qa_get_logged_in_userid();

   qa_post_create($type, $parentid, $title, $content, $format, $categoryid, $tags, $userid, $extravalue);

Is it bug in q2a ?

external user integration and user-id question

Sun, 24 May 2015 13:55:50 +0000

Is it possible to keep the same primary keys in q2a database as in the external websites user table?

Complex Implementation? Using q2a-functions and database partly on another domain?

Sun, 03 May 2015 06:19:58 +0000

I have a special scenario currently: I have extended q2a with a booking system. Special members can be booked. The plugin uses many of the provided q2a functions and some tables from the database.

Now I need to "outsource" the booking feature (or let's say "provide") outside of the main domain to another domain: mybookingq2astuff.com

Question is: How can I have all features of the plugin in the other website. With all reading from/writing to database etc.

... what would be the necessary includes in a custom index.php to have q2a running no the other site?

Sidenote: I don't need the questions from qa_posts, no need for a question list. I only need the user-related tables: qa_userpoints, qa_users, qa_usermetas, plus 3 custom plugin tables.

Update: I would also need the login feature since only registered users are supposed to book experts.

I am stuck here, as this is new territory :)

Configure Q2A with SSO using separate databases?

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:59:33 +0000

Hi,

I'm trying to implement Q2A using Single Sign On (SSO) but on seperate databases, based on what I have read I should be able to do it, but I cannot find any samples detailing how to configure the access to the 2 different databases ie the Q2A one and my user credentials one does anyone have any advice or samples on how to do this.

The "guide" for doing this only has examples and instructions for working with a shared DB.

Thanks

User login is handled by external code ?!

Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:30:50 +0000

I use external users for my q2a website. When in "my updates" page I do close, I see this error!

Search Q2A site from external website

Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:55:22 +0000

Hi All,

Please I need help with the htm codes other publishers place on their website to search my Q2A website.

I need html code, I dont know when to get the html code for the search box on the site.

Thanks y'all

get logged in userid from external php file

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:22:31 +0000

Hi

how can i get the logged in userid of users?

I have a php file in this DIR : qa-dir/external/index.php

I need to when the user browsed the index.php file , if he/she logged in , I'll use the username or userid of them.

thanks

Q2A PULL: Experimental Project - Use For External Website

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:55:14 +0000

Hi All,

While working on client project was though should start to expeiment this project. So here I go. I have started to create functions which allows to pull data from Q2A website and allows to display on other site on the same server

This is experimental project and development will be ongoing. Will add more functonality if not more than at least you can display most comon stuffs from Q2A to other website. Currently only one function is available to display recent questions but by time I will add more functions to use. Before that I want to try and hear if any issue occur.

Also developers suggest me to make it more better and utilizable and feel free to contribute your idea.

Here is the code:

https://github.com/q2amarket/q2a-pull

how to stop people from posting links to external site ?

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:53:50 +0000

how to stop people from posting links to external sites or atleast make the links non clickable like it happens in youtube comments.

Is there any way so that the hyperlinks could be open in a new window.

External links in new tab

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:34:33 +0000

How can I let external links(in posts or anywhere else) to open in a new tab?