Create function to display threads

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/includes/functions_inc.php b/includes/functions_inc.php
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+<?php
+
+function display_threads($dbc, $sql_result, $show_category = false) {
+	$sql = "SELECT post_id, post_date, user_id, user_name FROM posts JOIN users ON post_author = user_id WHERE post_thread = ? ORDER BY post_id DESC LIMIT 1";
+	$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($dbc);
+
+	if (!mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
+		die('Could not create thread due to internal error: ' . mysqli_error($dbc));
+	}
+
+	while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql_result)) {
+		mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "i", $row['thread_id']);
+		mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
+
+		$thread_res = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
+		$thread = mysqli_fetch_assoc($thread_res);
+
+		echo '<tr><td class="left">';
+		echo '<h4><a href="thread.php?id=' . $row['thread_id'] . '">' . $row['thread_subject'] . '</a></h4>';
+		echo '<small>by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $row['user_id'] . '">' . $row['user_name'] . '</a></b> ';
+		if ($show_category) {
+			echo 'in <b><a href="category.php?id=' . $row['cat_id'] . '">' . $row['cat_name'] . '</a></b> ';
+		}
+		echo 'on ' . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['thread_date'])) . '</small>'; 
+		echo '</td><td class="right">by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $thread['user_id'] . '">' . $thread['user_name'] . '</a></b><br>'; 
+		echo '<small>' . date('m/d/Y g:ia', strtotime($thread['post_date'])) . '</small></td></tr>';
+	}
+
+	mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
+}
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