It's not thaaat odd:
As vBulletin calls compile_template() your phpinclude_start template will be compress, so afterwards it will look similar to this:
PHP Code:
// Example of how to include a separate file: // ob_start(); // require("yourheader.html"); // $header = ob_get_contents(); // ob_end_clean(); $hour = vbdate("G"); $greeting = "$vbphrase[goodevening] $bbuserinfo[username]."; if( $hour < 18 ) { $greeting = "$vbphrase[goodafternoon] $bbuserinfo[username]."; } if( $hour < 12 ) { $greeting = "$vbphrase[goodmorning] $bbuserinfo[username]."; } ob_start(); require("./forums/banner.php"); $banners = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); include("./statistik_counter.php");
eg. one line - which is commented out (and thus will not be executed)