', $after = '', $show_pass_post = false, $comment_style = 0, $hide_pingbacks_trackbacks = false) {
global $wpdb;
$most_recent_comments = wp_cache_get('most_recent_comments');
if ( false === $most_recent_comments ) {
$request = "SELECT ID, comment_ID, comment_content, comment_author, comment_author_url, post_title FROM $wpdb->comments LEFT JOIN $wpdb->posts ON $wpdb->posts.ID=$wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID WHERE post_status IN ('publish','static') ";
if( !$show_pass_post ) $request .= "AND post_password ='' ";
if ( $hide_pingbacks_trackbacks ) $request .= "AND comment_type='' ";
$request .= "AND comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_ID DESC LIMIT $no_comments";
$comments = $wpdb->get_results($request);
$output = '';
if ( $comments ) {
$idx = 0;
foreach ($comments as $comment) {
$comment_author = stripslashes($comment->comment_author);
if ($comment_author == "")
$comment_author = "anonymous";
$comment_content = strip_tags($comment->comment_content);
$comment_content = stripslashes($comment_content);
$words = split(" ", $comment_content);
$comment_excerpt = join(" ", array_slice($words, 0, $comment_lenth));
$permalink = get_permalink($comment->ID) . "#comment-" . $comment->comment_ID;
if ( 1 == $comment_style ) {
$post_title = stripslashes($comment->post_title);
$post_id= stripslashes($comment->post_id);
$url = $comment->comment_author_url;
$idx++;
if ( 1 == $idx % 2 )
$before = "";
else
$before = "";
$output .= $before . "$comment_author" . ' on ' . $post_title . '' . $after;
} else {
$idx++;
if ( 1 == $idx % 2 )
$before = "";
else
$before = "";
$output .= $before . '' . $comment_author . ': ' . $comment_excerpt.'' . $after;
}
}
$output = convert_smilies($output);
} else {
$output .= $before . "None found" . $after;
}
$most_recent_comments = $output;
wp_cache_set('most_recent_comments', $most_recent_comments);
}
echo $most_recent_comments;
}
?>