Does external.php use queries?
 

I use external.php to display the latest forum topics in my main website.

Before, it was only showed in the index, but now I plan to show it on the header on every page. My question is, does external.php use a query everytime it is loaded (or called in another file) or is the page built and its just a matter of displaying it.

bump need answer please

No, it's cached since 3.6 ;)
I see you are still using the 3.5 branch: then it uses a query (so you might want to upgrade).

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...9&postcount=10

Well it has to query something so the anwser is yes. But its not going to kill your boards.

Thank you! It's actually in my main site, which has like 12,000 page loads a day.

I think that's a lot. Should I take it off until I upgrade?

Nah, its not going to kill your server.