Cannot make a php include work in my footer template

[Tom McConnell]

I have used the following help files:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...18#post1066718

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/t..._externalfiles

but cannot make a php include work in my footer.

I enabled in vBulletin Options -> Plugin System

I made myfile.php

ob_start();
include('http://www.3dmypage.com/myincludes/3dmypage_foot_neut.php');
$includedphp = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

and put it in the http://3dmypage.com/forums/includes/ directory (the help files do not tell you what directory to use).

I put : $includedphp in the footer template at the very bottom.

End result (no footer menu): http://3dmypage.com/forums/

The included footer menu should look like the bottom of this: http://www.3dmypage.com