[TigerC10]

The error you're talking about means that you haven't created the $db object in $vbulletin. Because you have the member function defined, and you don't have the $db object, it means that global.php is terminating early (probably through an error).

The global_start hook that you chose is why it's terminating early.


I believe that because you're fussing with ob_ stuff it's not having the desired result. Change your plugin code to be this:

PHP Code:

include('/usr/local/www/data/netbuilders.org/showlinks.php'); 


Then change your showlinks.php file to define the $nblinks variable as whatever you want it to appear as in your templates.