function fetch_forum_posts($n_posts) /* n_posts is the number of messages you wish to fetch */
{
        include_once "path/to/GLOBALS.php";

        $cid = mysql_connect($MYSQL_SERVER, $MYSQL_LOGIN, $MYSQL_PASSWORD);
        $r = mysql_db_query($MYSQL_DB, "SELECT
                                                fud_msg.id,
                                                fud_msg.subject
                                        FROM
                                                fud_thread
                                        INNER JOIN fud_msg
                                                ON fud_thread.root_msg_id=fud_msg.id
                                        WHERE
                                                fud_msg.approved='Y'
                                        ORDER by
                                                fud_thread.id DESC
                                        LIMIT ".$n_posts, $cid);
        while( $obj = mysql_fetch_object($r) ) {
                /* Here you do your actual code, below is a working example */
                echo "<a href=\"".$WWW_ROOT."msg.php?goto=".$obj->id."\& quot;>".$obj->subject."</a><br>\n";
        }
        mysql_free_result($r);
}