using PHP in templates?

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by halliday06

I'm starting to integrate the forum into my site, in the HEADER template i added the code for my navigation which is betwen <?php ?> tags, it just shows the code on the actual forum page


i have tried removing the tags incase it was already a php template but it didnt work either,

any ideas?

The templates don't process the php because they are not meant to have php in them. All the php processing is designed to be done in the php files.
What I would do is search for the php file that calls that template (I think it's global.php). Put your php in that file before it calls the template, assign the output to a variable and then put that variable in the place you want it to show in the template.