How to dispay latest threads on homepage?

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PHP Code:

<?php
error_reporting(7);

chdir('/home/USERNAME/public_html/forums');

require('./global.php');

###########
## Stats ##
###########

  ////Get number of members
  //$totalmembers
    $numbersmembers=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS users,MAX(userid) AS max FROM user');
    $totalmembers = number_format($numbersmembers['users']);

  ////Get total number of posts
  //$totalposts

    $countposts=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS posts FROM post');
    $totalposts = number_format($countposts['posts']);
    
  ////Get total number of threads
  //$totalthreads
    
    $countthreads=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads FROM thread');
    $totalthreads = number_format($countthreads['threads']);
    
  ////Get username and id of newest member
  //$newestuser[user]
  //$newestuser[id]

    $newestuser=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT userid,username FROM user WHERE userid=$numbersmembers[max]");
    $newestuser[user] = unhtmlspecialchars($newestuser['username']);
    $newestuser[id] = unhtmlspecialchars($newestuser['userid']);

  ////Get username, id, post count, and post percent of top poster
  //$top[user]
  //$top[id]
  //$top[count]
    
    $topposter=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT userid,username,posts FROM user ORDER BY posts DESC LIMIT 10');
    $top[user] = unhtmlspecialchars($topposter['username']);
    $top[id] = unhtmlspecialchars($topposter['userid']);
    $top[count] = number_format($topposter['posts']);

###################
## Testing Stats ##
###################

echo "<font face=arial>";
echo "Total Members: "."<b>$totalmembers</b>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "Total Posts: "."<b>$totalposts</b>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "Total Threads "."<b>$totalthreads</b>";
echo "<p>";
echo "Newest User Username: "."<b>$newestuser[user]</b>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "Newest User ID: "."<b>$newestuser[id]</b>";
echo "<p>";
echo "Top Poster Username: "."<b>$top[user]</b>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "Top Poster ID: "."<b>$top[id]</b>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "Top Poster Count: "."<b>$top[count]</b>";
echo "<p><br>";

#########################
## Latest Forum Topics ##
#########################

echo "Last 5 Thread Postings:<p>"; //Seperate from Stat Display

$maxthreadchars = "30";

$threads=$DB_site->query("SELECT threadid,thread.title,replycount,postusername,postuserid,dateline,views,lastposter,lastpost FROM thread ORDER BY lastpost DESC LIMIT 5");
  while ($thread=$DB_site->fetch_array($threads)) 
  {
        $lastposttime = vbdate("$timeformat $dateformat",$thread['lastpost']);
        $title = unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']);

        if (strlen($thread['title'])>"$maxthreadchars" AND $maxthreadchars!='0') 
        {
            $title = substr($thread['title'], 0, $maxthreadchars - 3) . '...';
        }
            $thread['date'] = vbdate("$dateformat $timeformat", $thread['dateline']);
    ?>
    <table bordercolor="#000000" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
    <tr>
    <td>
    <B><? echo $title; ?></B>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>
    <font size="-1">
    Reply Count: <B><? echo $thread['replycount']; ?></B><br>
    Thread Starter: <B><? echo $thread['postusername']; ?></B><br>
    Total Views: <B><? echo $thread['views']; ?></B><br>
    Last Poster: <B><? echo $thread['lastposter']; ?></B><br>
    Thread Date: <B><? echo $thread['date']; ?></B><br>
    </font>
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table><p>
 <?
 }
  $DB_site->free_result($threads);
  unset($thread);
?>

Compatible with 2.x, Use whatever you'd like from it.. I was bored, output viewable at http://www.mesopia.com/vbstats.php

Regards,
Patrick