Code:

      <?php
          // How Many Topics you want to display?
          $topicnumber = 10;
          // Scrolling towards up or down?
          $scroll = "up";
          // Change this to your phpBB path
          $urlPath = "/forum";
       
          // Database Configuration (Where your phpBB config.php file is located)
          include 'forum/config.php';
       
          $table_topics = $table_prefix. "topics";
          $table_forums = $table_prefix. "forums";
          $table_posts = $table_prefix. "posts";
          $table_users = $table_prefix. "users";
          $link = mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpasswd") or die("Could not connect");
          mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Could not select database");
       
          $query = "SELECT t.topic_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_last_post_id, t.forum_id, p.post_id, p.poster_id, p.post_time, u.user_id, u.username
          FROM $table_topics t, $table_forums f, $table_posts p, $table_users u
          WHERE t.topic_id = p.topic_id AND
          f.forum_id = t.forum_id AND
          t.forum_id != 4 AND
          t.topic_status <> 2 AND
          p.post_id = t.topic_last_post_id AND
          p.poster_id = u.user_id
          ORDER BY p.post_id DESC LIMIT $topicnumber";
          $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed");                                    
       
          print "<marquee id=\"recent_topics\" behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"$scroll\" height=\"210\" scrolldelay=\"100\" scrollamount=\"2\" onMouseOver=\"this.scrollAmount=\"0\" onMouseOut=\"this.scrollAmount=\"2\">
          <table cellpadding='3' cellSpacing='2' width='350'>";
          while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
       
          echo  "<tr valign='top'><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><a href=\"$urlPath/viewtopic.php?f=$row[forum_id]&t=$row[topic_id]&p=$row[post_id]#p$row[post_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
          $row ["topic_title"] .
          "</a></td></font><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\"> by: <a href=\"$urlPath/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$row[user_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
          $row ["username"] .
          "</td><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\">" .
          date('F j, Y, g:i a', $row["post_time"]) .
          "</td></tr></font>";
          }
          print "</table></marquee>";
          mysql_free_result($result);
          mysql_close($link);
          ?>