[kh99]

One thing I notice, you say the file is in intuitco/cotw/functions directory but you've got .intuitco in the file name (maybe you meant ./intuitco). But anyway, I don't think you can put ?do=sotw on the file name, but this might work:

PHP Code:

require_once('http://www.domain.com/intuitco/cotw/functions/cotw_func_contest_num.php?do=sotw'); 


(of course you'd replace www.domain.com with your domain name).


Another alternative might be something like:

PHP Code:

$savedo = $_GET['do'];
$_GET['do'] = 'sotw';
ob_start(); 
  require_once('./intuitco/cotw/functions/cotw_func_contest_num.php'); 
$cotw_sotw_contests_number = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_end_clean(); 
vB_Template::preRegister('COTW_SOTW',array('cotw_sotw_contests_number' => $cotw_sotw_contests_number));  

$_GET['do'] = $savedo; 


but I'm not sure, I've never tried that, and it probably depends on what the included script actually does.