/* load forum config */
        $data = file_get_contents($GLOBALS['PATH_TO_FUD_FORUM_GLOBALS_PHP']);
        eval(str_replace('<?php', '', substr_replace($data, '', strpos($data, 'require'))));

        /* db.inc needs certain vars inside the global scope to work, so we export them */
        foreach (array('COOKIE_DOMAIN','COOKIE_NAME','COOKIE_TIMEOUT','COOKIE_PATH','FUD_OPT_1', 'FUD_OPT_3', 'FUD_OPT_2', 'DBHOST', 'DBHOST_USER', 'DBHOST_PASSWORD', 'DBHOST_DBNAME','DATA_DIR','INCLUDE') as $v) {
                $GLOBALS[$v] = $$v;
        }