I have tested this script on phpbb2 and phpbb3 and it works like a charm. If you have one, make sure you exclude your private section (for example t.forum_id != 4, where 4 is your private forum’s number). You can include this in your blog’s sidebar, a portal or a website. You can apply different filters by playing with the WHERE condition. Basically this script generates a table which is populated from the phpbb’s database according to the conditions which are imposed.

Of course you can customize it’s output by modifying the $query variable. If you are a newbie and need a quick php Where clause reference as you want to get a hang of the operators, check this one out: PHP MySQL Where Clause

Finally here’s the script:

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 <?php
    // How Many Topics you want to display?
    $topicnumber = 5;
    // Scrolling towards up or down?
    $scroll = "up";
    // Change this to your phpBB path
    $urlPath = "/forum";
 
    // Database Configuration (Where your phpBB config.php file is located)
    include 'forum/config.php';
 
    $table_topics = $table_prefix. "topics";
    $table_forums = $table_prefix. "forums";
    $table_posts = $table_prefix. "posts";
    $table_users = $table_prefix. "users";
    $link = mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpasswd") or die("Could not connect");
    mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Could not select database");
 
    $query = "SELECT t.topic_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_last_post_id, t.forum_id, p.post_id, p.poster_id, p.post_time, u.user_id, u.username
    FROM $table_topics t, $table_forums f, $table_posts p, $table_users u
    WHERE t.topic_id = p.topic_id AND
    f.forum_id = t.forum_id AND
    t.forum_id != 4 AND
    t.topic_status <> 2 AND
    p.post_id = t.topic_last_post_id AND
    p.poster_id = u.user_id
    ORDER BY p.post_id DESC LIMIT $topicnumber";
    $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed");									
 
    print "<marquee id=\"recent_topics\" behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"$scroll\" height=\"170\" scrolldelay=\"100\" scrollamount=\"2\" onMouseOver=\"document.all.recent_topics.stop()\" onMouseOut=\"document.all.recent_topics.start()\">
    <table cellpadding='3' cellSpacing='2' width='350'>";
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
 
    echo  "<tr valign='top'><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#FFCC00\"><b><a href=\"$urlPath/viewtopic.php?f=$row[forum_id]&t=$row[topic_id]&p=$row[post_id]#p$row[post_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
    $row["topic_title"] .
    "</a></td></font></b><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#C0C0C0\"> by: <a href=\"$urlPath/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$row[user_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
    $row["username"] .
    "</td><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#C0C0C0\">" .
    date('F j, Y, g:i a', $row["post_time"]) .
    "</td></tr></font>";
    }
    print "</table></marquee>";
    mysql_free_result($result);
    mysql_close($link);
    ?>

Feel free to use it as you want. If you have any questions just drop a comment.


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