tim71

Ok. I basically did as you suggested and it works great with one exception…

I need current_user within the function and I cannot get_currentuserinfo() in function produce_my_json. My code is as follows…

// Flash often fails to send cookies with the POST or upload, so we need to pass it in GET or POST instead
		if ( is_ssl() && empty($_COOKIE[SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE]) && !empty($_REQUEST['auth_cookie']) )
			$_COOKIE[SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE] = $_REQUEST['auth_cookie'];
		elseif ( empty($_COOKIE[AUTH_COOKIE]) && !empty($_REQUEST['auth_cookie']) )
			$_COOKIE[AUTH_COOKIE] = $_REQUEST['auth_cookie'];
		if ( empty($_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE]) && !empty($_REQUEST['logged_in_cookie']) )
			$_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE] = $_REQUEST['logged_in_cookie'];

			unset($current_user);
			 get_currentuserinfo();

This works on the standalone page however it does not work within the ajax page as described above ($current_user is empty).

I did manage to manually set the current user with the following code…

$user = wp_validate_auth_cookie();
wp_set_current_user($user);

So I guess the question is why no $current_user in the ajax function? And is it ok to set it manually with the above code?

-Tim

Otto,

I believe what you say and typically do exactly what you advocate however in this case it is being posted to by SWFUpload and I took my cue from WordPress itself as well as NGG_Gallery Code.

I did get it working using the rightfully dreaded wp-load technique. Does anyone know why wordpress and NGG_Gallery both use wp-load in a standalone page to post to?

WordPress (async-upload.php):

<?php
/**
 * Accepts file uploads from swfupload or other asynchronous upload methods.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Administration
 */

define('WP_ADMIN', true);

if ( defined('ABSPATH') )
	require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-load.php');
else
	require_once('../wp-load.php');

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