first be sure the file name is with .PHP extension & NOT .htm/html.
2nd, u can't write html in mid php without closing tags, or u need indeed to use echo.
meanning u can do either this:
or like this:
greets.

i tried that and still no matter what it goes to the "location" specified not any other paege that i type below it even if im loged in it goes to the location if im logged out it still goes to the "location: "....

I'm going to guess this is for vBulletin 3.5x and not 3.0. If your using 3.0x. The above codes will not work. Try this only if your using vB 3.5x.

Note: This will only work if the .php file you using is in the /forums/ directory. (same directory as global.php). If not then you will get a no global.php file found error. If you want to add this outside of the forums directory, you will need to add.

above require_once('./global.php');

Isn't it better to use the vbulletin redirect system instaed of header()?

either or will work, if you want to display a messgae; then vB redirect would do.

You could use: