Error: function query_first_slave()

[ptmuldoon]

I'm trying to get the Cybtopstats to show on a non-vb page in an MkPortal CMS. I understand its difficult (perhaps impossible) to get the stats to show on a portal. I can get the stats to show on a normal, non-vb page, just not in my portal.

So in learning/playing, I wanted to see about returning the stats information from a function, but am getting an error of:

Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first_slave() on a non-object in C:\wamp\www\mkportal\forum\includes\functions.php on line 1319

And this is the entire php page/function at the moment. I really have no idea what would be causing the error. I'm not connecting or changing to different DB's or anything as I saw could be a cause for this error.

PHP Code:

function teststats()
{
    $cwd = getcwd();
    chdir("../../forum/");  //Path from Mkportal blocks
    //chdir("./forum/");    //Path from mkportal index
    require_once('global.php');
    chdir($cwd);

    $stats = $cybtopstats;
    return $stats;
}

$test = teststats();
echo $test;