cheers m8 i try now, any ideas on the online.php ?

Not really, if it's not there, why not try uploading it.

i just got this message now ?

Warning: Failed opening 'vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/sites/site4/web/forums/global.php(274) : eval()'d code on line 3

Do you have that file vbs_counter.php on your server?

yes m8 that is their

The correct include statement that should be in your PHPINCLUDE template is:

include("./counter.php");

Make sure that the ./ is in there and the syntax is the same

right i put in my template what you said this is what is in my phpincludes now

if (!isset($mainfile)){
include("../vbp_includes.php");
include("./counter.php");
}

this is the new report
Warning: Failed opening './counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/sites/site4/web/forums/global.php(274) : eval()'d code on line 3

I see you have PHPportal installed. This would mean that the path to the file is probably different as I assume you have the forums in a forum folder?

Well now I am not sure as this file has changed since I installed it. I have my forums in my root folder so my phpinclude template is:

// This code is PHP4 only:
// ob_start();
// require("yourheader.html");
// $header = ob_get_contents();
// ob_end_clean();
include("vbs_counter.php3");

Also I'm using php3 extensions

Maybe putting that include statement at the end of your phpinclude template out of the loop?