using PHP in templates?

[halliday06]

thanks for the help i'll give it a go

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as a test i ran this:

nothing shows... and whenever i enable the plugin i get this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/forcer/public_html/forums/includes/functions_forumdisplay.php on line 182

thats with the hook global_start, when i use the hook global_setup_complete i get an error at the top of the page.

PHP Code:

$alnav='';

            if (empty($p)) {
                $alnav .= '<li><a href="../?p=home" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('home','','../images/nav/nav_home_h.gif',1)"> 
                <img src="../images/nav/nav_home_a.gif" id="home" /></a></li>';
            } else {
                if ($p == 'home') {
                    $alnav .= '<li><a href="../?p=home" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('home','','../images/nav/nav_home_h.gif',1)"> 
                    <img src="../images/nav/nav_home_a.gif" id="home" /></a></li>';
                } else {
                    $alnav .= '<li><a href="../?p=home" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('home','','../images/nav/nav_home_h.gif',1)"> 
                    <img src="../images/nav/nav_home_l.gif" id="\home" /></a></li>';
                }
            }