[kh99]

I think maybe global.php doesn't work right when included inside a function. You could do this:

PHP Code:

<?php 
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);  
require_once('./global.php'); 

function sotw_number($dummy) { 
    global $vbulletin;

    $result = $vbulletin->db->query("SELECT id FROM cotw_sotw_time_end ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1");  
    $row = mysql_fetch_row($result);  
    echo $row[0]; 
} 

sotw_number(true); 
?>

(BTW, I had a feeling the code I posted last night was undoing something you were trying to do )