vBulletin's Equivalent

[Assilla]

I recently switched from SMF to vB 3.6.10 and was wondering what vB's equivalent to SMF's SSI.php is or if one even exists. With SMF i can include the SSI.php file and then call something like:

ssi_boardNews($board = 3.0, $limit = 5, $start = null, $output_method = 'echo');

to pull the first post of all the threads in the defined board. Is there such a solution with vB?

 

[Assilla]

Okay, since no one seems to know...

How do I do this the Hard Way? This referring to pulling the first post of every thread in a certain board. If at all possible posting using echo rather than an array.