How can PHP registration on a website be connected to a phpBB3 forum registration?

To connect PHP registration on a website to a phpBB3 forum registration, you can use phpBB's authentication system to create a user account in the phpBB database when a user registers on your website. This involves inserting the user's information into the phpBB users table and generating the necessary password hashes to match phpBB's encryption method. 

// Include phpBB3 config file
define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = './forum/';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

// Start phpBB session
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup();

// Get registration data from website form
$username = $_POST['username'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

// Insert user into phpBB database
$user_row = array(
    'username' => $username,
    'user_password' => phpbb_hash($password),
    'user_email' => $email,
    'group_id' => 2, // Default registered users group
    'user_type' => 0, // Default user type
    'user_regdate' => time(),
);
$user_id = user_add($user_row);

// Redirect user to forum after successful registration
header('Location: forum/index.php');

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PHP registration website phpBB3 forum

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