Displaying VB Variables in external page - particularly forum stats

[eviljoker7075]

Perfect! Thank you very much. For anyone also wishing to do the same,

HERE IS THE FINAL WORKING CODE:

File: 'forumStats.php' - saved in the root directory of my forum

<?php 
$specialtemplates = array('userstats');
require_once('./global.php');
cache_ordered_forums(1, 1);


$numbermembers = vb_number_format($vbulletin->userstats['numbermembers']);
echo 'Members: ';
echo $numbermembers;


$totalthreads = 0;
$totalposts = 0;

if (is_array($vbulletin->forumcache)){
	foreach ($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forum)
	
	{
		$totalthreads += $forum['threadcount'];
		$totalposts += $forum['replycount'];
	}
}

$totalthreads = vb_number_format($totalthreads);
$totalposts = vb_number_format($totalposts);

echo ' Thread: ';
echo $totalthreads;

echo ' Posts: ';
echo $totalposts;

?>

However (there's always a but, right), when I add this as an include on my website homepage (running wordpress) I get an error. I have placed the following line into my template:

PHP Code:

<?php include('./forum/forumStats.php'); ?>

And on the page I get this error:

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/sitedir/public_html/forum/forumStats.php on line 3

I am assuming that it's looking for global.php in the root of my site, rather than in the forum directory - but is there a way round this?