function replace_var($vars)
{
    $var = $vars[1];
    if (substr($var, 0, 9) == '?sitemgr:') {
        $params = explode(',', substr($var, 9));
        switch (count($params)) {
            case 0:
                $val = '';
                break;
            case 1:
                $val = sitemgr_link2('', $params[0]);
                break;
            case 2:
                $val = sitemgr_link2($params[0], $params[1]);
                break;
            default:
                $val = $var;
        }
    } elseif (substr($var, 0, 7) == '?phpgw:') {
        $params = explode(',', substr($var, 7));
        switch (count($params)) {
            case 0:
                $val = '';
                break;
            case 1:
                $val = phpgw_link('', $params[0]);
                break;
            case 2:
                $val = phpgw_link($params[0], $params[1]);
                break;
            default:
                $val = $var;
        }
    } elseif (substr($var, 0, 1) == '?') {
        $val = sitemgr_link2('/index.php', substr($var, 1));
    } elseif ($var == 'news') {
        $ui = new ui();
        $val = $ui->get_news();
        unset($ui);
    } elseif (substr($var, 0, 6) == 'block-') {
        if (file_exists('blocks/' . $var . '.php')) {
            $title = ereg_replace('_', ' ', substr($var, 6));
            include 'blocks/' . $var . '.php';
        } else {
            $title = lang('Block not found.');
            $content = lang('Contact the administrator.');
        }
        add_theme_var('block_title', $title);
        add_theme_var('block_content', $content);
        if (function_exists('themecenterbox')) {
            $val = themecenterbox($title, $content);
        } else {
            $val = parse_theme_vars(implode("", file('templates/' . $GLOBALS['sitemgr_info']['themesel'] . '/centerblock.tpl')));
        }
    } else {
        /* Check for reserved vars first, otherwise
        			   get from the global theme_vars
        			*/
        switch (strtolower($var)) {
            case 'opentable':
                $val = OpenTable();
                break;
            case 'opentable2':
                $val = OpenTable2();
                break;
            case 'closetable':
                $val = CloseTable();
                break;
            case 'closetable2':
                $val = CloseTable2();
                break;
            default:
                $val = $GLOBALS['theme_vars'][$var];
        }
    }
    return $val;
}