id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
17723,WP Signon from external resource/php code,TeckniX,,"Wordpress has a lot of different functions available in the codec, such as the wp_signon.

The code to login a user from within the wordpress folder looks like:
{{{
$creds = array();
$creds['user_login'] = $username;
$creds['user_password'] = $password;
$creds['remember'] = true;
$user = wp_signon( $creds, false );
wp_set_current_user($user->ID);
}}}

If this is done outside of the wordpress user folder, by including the wp-config.php file 
{{{
including the wp-config, like the following:
global $wpdb;
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require_once '/path/to/www/blog/wp-config.php';
wp();
}}}

then the cookies aren't created successfully and you can't properly login/logout a user.

There are a log of constants that set this up, yet the cookies aren't set properly, you are missing the wordpress_logged_in_COOKIEHASH essential cookie.

Such flexible function should work properly ",defect (bug),new,normal,Awaiting Review,Users,3.1.3,normal,,,