Querying the Database

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I asked over at vBulletin.com's forums (here) and was directed here for custom modifications.

I'm trying to do a custom member map for my forums, but I can't get round this.

I want to query a table I've made in the database which contains information about the members' locations, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've made a raw PHP file which calls the template I've made.

Do I have to call from another PHP file by means of include(), or is there an easier way?

Does it have anything to do with Replacement Variables?

Thanks in advanced.