First post above reply box in newreply

[zylstra]

What code would I add to the newreply template to show the first post above the reply box? Would it take more than a template mod? Can anyone help me out with this one?

The newreply_reviewbit is below, but it just shows the oldest post in the topic review

PHP Code:

<tr>
    <td class="thead" colspan="2">$postdate $posttime</td>
</tr>
<tr title="<phrase 1="$post[postid]">$vbphrase[post_x]</phrase>" valign="top">
    <td class="alt1" width="125" align="center">$username</td>
    <td class="alt2">$reviewmessage</td>
</tr> 


Thanks.

I've tried throwing basically a copy of the php for threadreviewbits directly below it to grab something I called $firstpostbits. I modified the SQL code to order by postid and limit to 1 like this:

PHP Code:

        ORDER BY postid DESC
        LIMIT " . (1) 


in

PHP Code:

    // *********************************************************************
    // get first post bits

    // get first post
    $firstpostbits = '';

    $posts = $db->query_read("
        SELECT post.postid, IF(post.userid = 0, post.username, user.username) AS username,
            post.pagetext, post.allowsmilie, post.userid, post.dateline
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON(user.userid = post.userid)
        WHERE post.visible = 1
            $globalignore
            AND post.threadid = $threadinfo[threadid]
        ORDER BY postid DESC
        LIMIT " . (1)
    );
    while ($post = $db->fetch_array($posts))
    {
        if ($postcounter++ < $vbulletin->options['maxposts'])
        {
            exec_switch_bg();
            $posttime = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $post['dateline']);
            $postdate = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $post['dateline'], 1);
            $username = $post['username'];

            // do posts from ignored users
            if (in_coventry($post['userid']) AND can_moderate($foruminfo['forumid']))
            {
                eval('$reviewmessage = "' . fetch_template('newreply_reviewbit_ignore_global') . '";');
            }
            else if ($ignore["$post[userid]"])
            {
                $reviewmessage = $ignoreduser;
            }
            else
            {
                $reviewmessage = $bbcode_parser->parse($post['pagetext'], $foruminfo['forumid'], $post['allowsmilie']);
            }
            ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('newreply_form_reviewbit')) ? eval($hook) : false;
            eval('$firstpostbits .= "' . fetch_template('newreply_reviewbit') . '";');
        }
        else
        {
            break;
        }
    } 


and I put the $firstpostbits in the newreply template, but it isn't working.

Do you see any problems with the code?