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+<?php  // $Id$
+       // Logs into Hive from HarvestRoad and stores session ID in Moodle session
+       // Martin Dougiamas, Moodle
+       //
+       // Example CFG variables to make this work:
+
+       // $CFG->sso         = 'hive';
+       // $CFG->hiveprot    = 'http';
+       // $CFG->hiveport    = '80';
+       // $CFG->hivehost    = 'turkey.harvestroad.com.au';
+       // $CFG->hivepath    = '/cgi-bin/hive/hivedb.cgi';
+       // $CFG->hivecbid    = '28';
+
+function sso_user_login($username, $password) {
+
+    global $CFG, $SESSION;
+
+    include($CFG->libdir.'/snoopy/Snoopy.class.inc');
+
+    if (empty($CFG->hivehost)) {
+        return false;   // Hive config variables not configured yet
+    }
+
+/// Set up Snoopy
+
+    $snoopy = new Snoopy;
+
+    $submit_url = $CFG->hiveprot .'://'. $CFG->hivehost .':'. $CFG->hiveport .''. $CFG->hivepath ;
+
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_UNAME']  = $username;
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_UPASS']  = $password;
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_ENDUSER']= $username;
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_REQ']    = '2112';
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_REF']    = 'hin:hive@Moodle Login';
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_RET']    = 'ORG';
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_REM']    = '';
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_PROD']   = '0';
+    $submit_vars['HIVE_USERIP'] = getremoteaddr();
+
+
+/// Ideally we would use POST for a bit more security, but there is a Hive bug preventing this
+/// $snoopy->submit($submit_url,$submit_vars);
+
+/// Using GET instead
+    foreach ($submit_vars as $name => $value) {
+        $params[] = "$name=".urlencode($value);
+    }
+    $submit_url .= '?'.implode('&', $params);
+    $snoopy->fetch($submit_url);
+
+
+/// Extract HIVE_SESSION from headers
+
+    foreach ($snoopy->headers as $header) {
+        if (strpos($header, 'HIVE_SESSION=') !== false) {
+            $header = explode('HIVE_SESSION=', $header);
+            if (count($header) > 1) {
+                $cookie = explode(';', $header[1]);
+                $cookie = $cookie[0];
+                $SESSION->HIVE_SESSION = $cookie;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;  // No cookie found
+}
+
+?>