looking at the code, i don't see how it fails to get your latest 'approved' member..

SQL Query
$query = "
		select USER_DISPLAY_NAME,USER_ID
		from {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}USERS
		where USER_IS_APPROVED='yes'
		and USER_ID <> '1'
		order by USER_ID desc limit 5
";

can't get any simpler than that :shrug: