header template

[Murtific]

//apth_p.php has my connection info
require_once("apth_p.php");
if(!$connection) {
die("Database connection failed:: connection: " . mysql_error());
}
$db_select = mysql_select_db("Tim", $connection);
if (!$db_select) {
die("Database selection failed to select: " . mysql_error());
}
$eventlist = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM thread WHERE forumid = 8 ORDER BY dateline DESC", $connection);
if (!$eventlist) {
die("Database selection failedquery:eventlist: " . mysql_error());
}
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($eventlist)) {
$zthreadid .= $row["threadid"];
$zdateline .= $row["dateline"]."<br />";
$zlink .= "<a href='showthread.php?{$row["threadid"]}'>" . $row["title"]."</a>" . "<br />";

}

mysql_close($connection);

$templater->register('zlink', $zlink);
$templater->register('zthreadid', $zthreadid);
$templater->register('zdateline', $zdateline);

It blanks out my forum.php page. I want to use the variables in my header