how to use php/mysql in a custom page?

[hoosierdoc]

I am a complete novice with this and I'm guessing I'm attempting to do something that is either difficult or not possible.

I have pages from an existing non-Vbulletin site that I want to pull into the vbulletin site but they use ASP and mysql database calls. I can convert that to PHP, but I can't get the scripting to run on my vbulletin pages.

http://emcram.com/images.asp

This is an example of what I want to bring into the fold. Here's what I have so far which is basically the HTML portion of it.

http://emcram.com/forum/misc.php?do=page&template=image

I've been trying to use a test.php file to make a custom page which displays, but it won't use the PHP code that I am putting in (hello world). It does standard HTML fine. I set that up using a template in style manager per prior posts.

Basically I want some of my existing site pages to have the vbulletin nav and standard look but function as independent database calls. Any help is appreciated! I haven't found a good solution in searching the forum yet, but again I admit my ignorance to vbulletin.