rawphrase in custom php file

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hmmm, did you use the templater of vbulletin to display the content?
An example of use it is in this article.
In the above article, there is the example template "TEST". Inside "TEST" you can use {vb:rawphrase something} instead of $vbphrase with php's echo's.

Of course, phrase "something" in {vb:rawphrase something} should belongs to a phrase group which you have setup in $phrasegroups = array(...) at the start of your php file.

To build the $phrasegroups array, you just need the phrase group varname (which you can find in admincp > (sidebar) Languages & Phrases > Phrase Manager > (button) Add New Phrase > (see the source code of Phrase Type select menu).

For help reasons, I attach you here the phrase group varnames:

accessmask==Access Masks
activitystream==Activity Stream
advertising==Advertising
album==Albums
attachment_image==Attachment / Image
banning==Banning Tools
bbcode==BB Code Tools
calendar==Calendar
ckeditor==CKEditor
contenttypes==Content Types
cpcms==Content Management System AdminCP
cpglobal==Control Panel Global
cphelptext==Control Panel Help Text
cphome==Control Panel Home Pages
cpoption==Control Panel Options
cppermission==Permissions
cprank==Control Panel User Ranks
cprofilefield==Custom Profile Fields
cpuser==Control Panel User Management
cpusergroup==Control Panel User Groups
cron==Scheduled Tasks
diagnostic==Diagnostic Tools
emailbody==Email Body Text
emailsubject==Email Subject Text
error==Error Messages
faqtext==FAQ Text
faqtitle==FAQ Title
forum==Forum-Related
forumdisplay==Forum Display
fronthelp==Frontend FAQ/Help
frontredirect==Front-End Redirect Messages
global" selected="selected==GLOBAL
help_faq==FAQ / Help Management
holiday==Holidays
hvquestion==Human Verification Questions
infraction==User Infractions
infractionlevel==User Infraction Levels
inlinemod==Inline Moderation
language==Language Tools
logging==Logging Tools
maintenance==Maintenance Tools
messaging==Messaging
moderator==Moderators
notice==Notices
panjo==Panjo
plugins==Plugin System
pm==Private Messaging
poll==Polls
postbit==Postbit
posting==Posting
prefix==Thread Prefixes
prefixadmin==Thread Prefixes (Admin)
profilefield==Profile Field Tools
promotion==Promotion Tools
register==Register
reputation==Reputation
reputationlevel==Reputation Levels
search==Searching
showthread==Show Thread
socialgroups==Social Groups
sql==SQL Tools
stats==Statistics Tools
style==Style Tools
subscription==Subscription Tools
tagscategories==Tag and Category Tools
thread==Thread Tools
threadmanage==Thread Management
timezone==Timezones
user==User Tools (global)
vbblock==Forum Blocks
vbblocksettings==Forum Blocks Settings
vbblogadmin==vBulletin Blog Admin
vbblogcat==vBulletin Blog Admin Categories
vbblogglobal==vBulletin Blog Global
vbcms==Content Management System
vbpager==vB Pager
vbsettings==vBulletin Settings
widgettypes==CMS Widget Types
wol==Who's Online

In the above page you add also your phrases. So, if you add the following code in your php file:
$phrasegroups = array('wol', 'socialgroups');
.. when your php file loads, will load also all phrases that belongs to the above groups and you can use them in your template/php code as {vb:rawphrase or $vbphrase.