Yes your old version works very well and didn't break.
// Set it up to your path settings !
require_once("D:/webroot/YOURSITE/photopost/inc_photopost.php");
// Set this to your PhotoPost db prefix
$pp_db_prefix = "pp_";
function pp_get_ext( $filename ) {
return substr($filename, strrpos($filename,"."));
}
function pp_is_image( $filename ) {
$retval = 0;
$mediatypes = array( ".jpg", ".gif", ".png", ".bmp" );
$ext = pp_get_ext( $filename );
if ( in_array(strtolower($ext), $mediatypes) )
$retval = 1;
return( $retval );
}
//
// Featured Photos Code
// Follow down to End Feature Photos Code
//
// which type of images do you want to show
$q_switch = "random";
switch ($q_switch) {
case "most_view":
$query = "SELECT p.id,p.user,p.userid,p.cat,p.title,p.bigimage,p.views
FROM {$pp_db_prefix}photos p
LEFT JOIN {$pp_db_prefix}categories c ON c.id=p.cat
WHERE c.password = ''
ORDER BY c.views DESC";
break;
case "lastest":
$query = "SELECT p.id,p.user,p.userid,p.cat,p.title,p.bigimage,p.views
FROM {$pp_db_prefix}photos p
LEFT JOIN {$pp_db_prefix}categories c ON c.id=p.cat
WHERE c.password = ''
ORDER BY date DESC";
break;
case "random":
$query = "SELECT p.id,p.user,p.userid,p.cat,p.title,p.bigimage,p.views
FROM {$pp_db_prefix}photos p
LEFT JOIN {$pp_db_prefix}categories c ON c.id=p.cat
WHERE c.password = ''
ORDER BY RAND()";
break;
}
$result = mysql_query($query);
$counted = 0; $featured = "";
while ( list($pid, $puser, $puserid, $pcat, $ptitle, $photo, $pviews) = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
if ( pp_is_image($photo) ) {
$photolen = strlen($photo);
$theext = pp_get_ext($photo);
$photo_name = str_replace( $theext, "", $photo );
$temp_user = $line['userid'];
$thumbtag = "{$full_path}{$pcat}/thumbs/{$photo}";
$mthumb = "<img border=\"0\" src=\"{$data_dir}/{$pcat}/thumbs/{$photo}\" alt=\"$thumbtag\" />";
// One box for each feature
$featured .= <<<PPPRINT
<tr align="center"><td align="center" class="alt-1">
<a href="{$url_path}/showphoto.php?photo={$pid}">$mthumb</a>
<br />by {$puser}
</td></tr>
PPPRINT;
$counted++;
}
if ( $counted == 5 ) break;
}
mysql_free_result($result);
// change the dbname to your ubb7 database name
mysql_select_db ("YOURDB")or die("Could not select database");
$body = <<<PPPRINT
$featured
PPPRINT;
?>
Everything still works like a champ.. 
