Integrating a PHP script with VBulletin - how to call VB skin as header and footer?

[fonzerelli_79]

currently for non-standard vb3 pages im using this code (my links page as an example)

PHP Code:

<?php

// GO TO FORUM DIR
chdir('/.../whateverl');


// STANDARD VBULLETIN STUFF
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'links');
require_once('./global.php');

// GENERIC_SHELL VARS
$pagetitle = "Links";
$HTML = ""; // PIECED TOGETHER IN SCRIPT

eval('$HTML = "' . fetch_template('links') . '";');

$navbits[lastelement] = "Links";
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('GENERIC_SHELL') . '");');

?>

i want to be able to call my skin as a header and footer. Im planning on adding a few scripts to the site so im simply gonna call the design using includes at the top and bottom of the php file

i dont want to call any template for the page - eg. for the links page i called the links template, but i dont want this, i want the content to remain in the file that is calling the header and footer

anyone got an idea of how to do this

any help would be greatly appreciated