ob_start();
require_once('./includes/functions_user.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_bigthree.php');
$sticky_get = vB::$db->query_read("
SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 5");
$output_bits = '';
while($sticky = vB::$db->fetch_array($sticky_get))
{
$output_bits .= '<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="showthread.php?t='.$sticky[threadid].'">'.$sticky[title].'</a></br />
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="member.php?u='.$sticky[postuserid].'"><b>'.$sticky[postusername].'</b><br />';
}
$output = $output_bits;
ob_end_clean();