news caching stuff

news_funcs.php

@@ -126,10 +126,39 @@
 			}
 			mysql_close ($conn);
 		} else {
-			newsItem ('Now', 'Web Server', '<P>Error: Could not connect to SQL server to fetch news. Please notify the server administrator.');
+			include ('cache.php');
+//			newsItem ('Now', 'Web Server', '<P>Error: Could not connect to SQL server to fetch news. Please notify the server administrator.');
 		}
 	}
 
+	function fetchNewsEntry ($number)
+	{
+		need('date');
+
+		$conn = @mysql_pconnect (sqlHost, sqlUser, sqlPass);
+		if ($conn) {
+			$query = 'SELECT n_date, n_user, n_news FROM news_main' .
+					" ORDER BY n_date DESC LIMIT $number";
+			$result = @mysql_db_query (sqlDB, $query, $conn);
+			if ($result) {
+				$numRows = @mysql_num_rows ($result);
+				if ($numRows) {
+					for ($i = 0 ; $i < $numRows ; $i++) {
+						list ($n_date, $n_user, $n_news) = mysql_fetch_row ($result);
+					}
+				} else {
+					return 0;
+				}
+			} else {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			mysql_close ($conn);
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return array (dateFromSQLDateTime ($n_date), $n_user, StripSlashes($n_news));
+	}
+
 	function monthlyNews ($month, $year)
 	{
 		need('date');