How to use login_db in auth_db.php?

[Stomper]

Hi,

I am using phpBB3 on my site.
My users mainly use the Board, but I want to provide some extra pages with content, witch should only be accessible for users.

I thought I can use the login_db fuction in the auth_db.php file.

I included with

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define('IN_PHPBB',0); // only that IN_PHPBB is defined and the include is working
include ("forum/includes/auth/auth_db.php");

That is working so far... but by calling the function like this

$user="Test";
$pass="password";
$status = login_db($user,$pass);
echo $status['status'];

I get following error:
Call to a member function on a non-object in /.../forum/includes/auth/auth_db.php on line 42

So how can I use this function?
I want just use it to verify the users to view the pages (my extra pages) with their own username from the board and welcome them with their names.

Please can you help me?

[Prince of area51]

Actually there is a bit more than that. The header should be something like:

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/**
* @ignore
*/
define('IN_PHPBB', true);
// Specify the path to you phpBB3 installation directory.
$phpbb_root_path = (defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './forum/';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
// The common.php file is required.
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

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

$user->setup();

For more detailed guide, have a look at Adding pages - Olympus