Templates and php

[The Avatar]

Can I put php code into the templates?

The reason I ask is because I have a links menu on my navbar, and I want to create trackers for each click a link gets, and next to the link I will put the tracker result.
But, to do this, I have to edit index.php, showthread.php, showpost.php etc. etc.

Im just wondering if there is a way I can include it in the navbar template so its automatically used in each of those php pages?

[Andreas]

Can I put php code into the templates?
No. Put the code in global.php, phpinclude_start (for vBulletin 3.0.X) or Hook global_start (for vBulletin > 3.5.0 Beta 1)

[The Avatar]

No. Put the code in global.php, phpinclude_start (for vBulletin 3.0.X) or Hook global_start (for vBulletin > 3.5.0 Beta 1)

So, can I put subroutines/variables in there, and refer to them in the navbar template?

Reason: when a user clicks on a link, I need to execute a routine that will load a file, increment a counter for the source that was clicked, and then close it again.

Also, when the navbar loads up, I need to load all the variables from the file into the navbar.

[playboy]

I Dont Understand -- We Just Put It In Those Two Places? Or After That Do We Have To Put It Also In The Place We Want It To Appear?

[Andreas]

Put the code to aggregate the data you need in one of the locations and then call the variables in Template navbar.

[The Avatar]

Ahh, cool thanks.