[Spinball]

Originally Posted by Logician

@Spinball : Webtemplate PHP parsing is exactly same as vbulletin's PHP parsing in phpinclude template and you are not able to use the other webtemplate features in a PHP parsed webtemplate like automatic header/footer inclusion. However you should consider:
a) If your PHP code is basic : Make your webtemplate parsing TXT or HTML (instead of PHP) and run your PHP code inside PHP parsed template of webtemplate.
b) If your PHP code is advanced : Grab vb header and footer inside your PHP code with PHP commands as well like:

eval('$headinclude = "' . fetch_template('headinclude') . '";');
eval('$header = "' . fetch_template('header') . '";');
eval('$footer = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');

Thanks, Logician.
I did as you suggested and got a header and footer. No navbar, page title or page in a category table, though.
What I want to do is run a fairly complex PHP script which allows people to search for a make & model of DVD player, read the hacks for it, comment and provide feedback on those hacks and submit and edit new ones.
All while maintaining the logged-in appearance of the forums. I want to write the user id to any comments/hacks records they contribute and display their user name from the vB database in the displayed records.
Now writing that script is well within my capabilities. Having it all happen within the forum 'environment' is not.
Help!
Thanks.