adding 3rd party php coding to a template ?data feed?

[edwin jeffords]

Okay heres the deal.  Im building a sports handicapper website.  The cms is configured and templates built, etc.

Our data (lines, game matchups, etc) comes from a 3rd party data feed. I assumed I could add the code to a template and it would run.  Unfortunately, that was an incorrect assumption.

The code is below:


";
      echo "$data";
  } else {
      echo "System Configuration error.";
  }

?>


Seems simple enough, but it wouldnt run from within the template, so i created a function in cmsms and called it {feed}  This appropriately shows the data when the page is loaded.  You can see a version of this here:  http://www.thewinningadvantage.com/cms/ ... ernt_Lines

My problem is that the code refers to an external file (sportsdata.php)  so even though the above link looks correct, nothing works once you click on a link.  The navigation goes outside of the CMS and references this sportsdata.php page, which i have built with the same template.  But since this page is not part of the CMS, none of the call tags work such as {cmsmodule module='PHPLayers'} or {footer}, etc.

Any ideas.  This shouldnt be this hard, but I think Im making it hard on my self.

I basically just need the cms to recognize that code and use it for the content on certain pages.  ANY help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Edwin Jeffords