Working News Export!

    // Path to forum and necessary initial vars
    define('IN_PHPBB', true);
    define('NO_KILL_ON_DB_ERROR',true);
    $phpEx = "php";
    $starttime = 0;
    $phpbb_root_path = "forum/";

    // Include common functions.
    include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);
    // Start session management.
    $user->session_begin();
    $user->setup('viewforum');

    // Require config for DB credentials.
    require("$phpbb_root_path" . "config.php");
    // Connect to database.
    $dbc = @mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpasswd);

    // Error if connection could not be made.
    if (!$dbc) { echo "             <p>Our forums are currently down. No recent news is available.</p>"; }
    else {
        // Grab 10 latest posts
        $db_selected = @mysql_select_db($dbname);
        $sql = 'SELECT topic_id,topic_title,topic_time,topic_first_poster_name,topic_replies,topic_first_post_id FROM `' . $table_prefix . 'topics` where `forum_id` = 2 ORDER BY `topic_id` DESC LIMIT 10';
        $result = @mysql_query("$sql");

        // Format posts in $allnews array
        while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
            $time = date("M j/y",$row[2]);
            $post_info = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `{$table_prefix}posts` where `post_id` = {$row[5]}"));
            // The "7" flags on emoticons, BBCode, and magicURLs
            $post = generate_text_for_display($post_info['post_text'], $post_info['bbcode_uid'], $post_info['bbcode_bitfield'], 7);
            $comments = "<a href=\"http://rly.cc/forum/viewtopic.php?t={$row[0]}\">({$row[4]})</a> ";
            $allnews[$row[2]] = "
                <p>{$comments}<b>{$time} by {$row[3]}:</b> {$post} {$commentline}";
        }

        // Close that DB!
        @mysql_close($dbc);

        // Output our news!
        foreach ($allnews as $i => $data) echo $data;