select and parse for news page

[DionDev]

this is some code i use to display topics from a specific forum for a "news" page...

PHP Code:

$sql = 'SELECT post.pagetext, thread.*
        FROM post AS post, thread AS thread
        LEFT JOIN forum AS forum ON (forum.forumid = thread.forumid)
        WHERE FIND_IN_SET(4, forum.parentlist) AND post.postid = thread.firstpostid
        ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC
        LIMIT 5';

$sqlresult = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sqlresult))
{
  $subject = $row['title'];
  $poster = $row['postusername'];
  $posterid = $row['postuserid'];
  $time = date("D, M j, Y", $row['dateline']);
  $replies = $row['replycount'];
  $id = $row['threadid'];
  $text = $parser->do_parse($row['pagetext'], true, true, true, true, true, false);
  
  if ($replies == 1)
    $replytext = 'reply';
  else
    $replytext = 'replies';
  
  echo "<b>$subject</b>";
  
  echo '<br>';
  
  echo '<font style="font-size: 8pt;">';
  echo "Posted by <a href=\"forums/member.php?u=$posterid\">$poster</a> on $time (<a href=\"forums/showthread.php?t=$id\">$replies $replytext</a>)";
  echo '</font>';
  
  echo '<br><br>';
  
  echo $text;
} 


this workd, but can anyone think of a more efficient way of doing this?

[Dismounted]

If it's not a frequently posted in forum (ie. not as regular as discussion forum), then you could store it in the datastore, and only update it when it is posted in.