A little help with homepage...

[jamslam]

I am new to hacking by myself, and I was wondering how I could get a few forum stats such as the number of threads, posts, etc on my main home page...

I required the global.php file using this code...

<?php require("http://www.webtrickscentral.com/forums/global.php");?>

I then put $numbermembers and such on the main homepage. All it shows is $numbermembers. Now i viewed the source code when it was up on the internet, and it was like the global.php file was never required... I know the uploaded file has it, because I checked, but when it goes onto the internet, it disappears. I believe this is why it isn't working.

BTW, i have $numbermembers in the global.php file, and it works fine anywhere on vBulletin. Any help? I am new too!