$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) as temp_images
FROM ".IMAGES_TEMP_TABLE;
$row = $site_db->query_firstrow($sql);
$awaiting_validation = preg_replace("/".$site_template->start."num_images".$site_template->end."/siU", $row['temp_images'], $lang['images_awaiting_validation']);
$site_template->register_vars(array(
"awaiting_validation_url" => $site_sess->url(ROOT_PATH."admin/validateimages.php?action=validateimages"),
"awaiting_validation" => $awaiting_validation,
"lang_images" => $lang['images'],
"total_images" => $total_images
));
and use {awaiting_validation_url}, {awaiting_validation}, {lang_images}, {total_images} tags in the template