Including files in the template code?

[Hillard Malkeme]

Originally Posted by Colin F

Well, first off, you won't be able to use php for sure in the templates.
The only templates that will parse php code are the phpinclude_start and _end templates.

I would check into replacing your templatecode with the html in the header and navbar template.

So you are saying if I build a page using php (or ASP) I can't use it as a template for the forums?

How about I build everything with functions to either echo or return my HTML code. Can I include that file to one of the vbulletin php pages (Like global.php) and call the functions from inside the template code?

So if I had this function

PHP Code:

function OnlineCount(){
    $datecut=Time()-900; //900 = last 15 minutes
    $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS sessions FROM session WHERE lastactivity >$datecut";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $fieldvalue = mysql_fetch_row($result);
    return number_format($fieldvalue[0], 0, ".",",");
} 


Could I call the function from the template code to display my return?