$host = "xxxxxxxxxxx"; //database location
$user = "xxxxxxxxxxx"; //database username
$pass = "xxxxxxxxxxx"; //database password
$db_name = "xxxxxxxx"; //database name

//Database Connection
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
mysql_select_db($db_name);

mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);

require_once('./path/to/the/wp-config.php');
mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);

$posts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = 'future' AND post_type='post' ORDER BY post_date ASC LIMIT 0,4");