Executing php code in templates from non-vb page

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I'm sorry to have to ask for help but I've been searching the forums for an hour and haven't found my answer yet. I know this is really simply to do but yet I can't do it...I feel sad :disappointed:


EVERYONE here tells you how to make an external file integrateable with vb and use a template to show the info... this is good but not what I need.

THIS is what I need:

I have an external file, lets say test.php
I have added a template called test
The page displays with all vb functions enabled and I can edit the template and add new code.

HOW do I execute php code from that file in the template? Obviously I can't use php code in the template itself.... so how do I make a $runtestfile call from the template to execute a block of php code in the test.php file?



Here is the code:

PHP Code:

$dir = "upload";
$fd = opendir($dir); 
while($cover = readdir($fd)) { 
   if(eregi("\.(jpg|gif|png|zip|rar|pdf)$",$cover)) { 
      echo "<a href=\"$dir/$cover\">"; 
      echo "<img src=\"$dir/$cover\" align=middle border=0 height=150 width=150>"; 
      echo "</a> $cover<br>\n"; 
   } 
} 
closedir($fd); 


I just want to be able to add a simply $somthing in the template to execute that specific code in the test.php file.

I've tried the phpinclude_start template but then the vb functions are gone and so is all the formatting and the page ends after the $header is called in the test.php file...


I'm so confused and frustrated - please help me get some sleep