query photopost db and output $ in vb template?

[b6gm6n]

Hi, i wonder if you can help me...

I had a few lines of code which simply counted the amount of photos in my photopost database which i could then output via a string thus : echo $totals;

this worked well, it showed in my header when i was using IPB, now whatever i try, i.e placing that simple echo statement in my vb header it outputs nothing...

so is there an easier way or something i'm missing to achieve this correctly? - thankyou, it's something i'd like to solve and understand, cheers

(note both my vb and photopost reside in the same database)

-b6