<div id="left">
<div id="leftnav">
<h3>Categories</h3>
<ul>
<?php
include_once '/model/posts.php';
$posts = new posts();
$categories = $posts->categories_array();
foreach ($categories as $id => $name) {
echo "<li><a href='?page=categories/" . $id . "'>" . $name . "</a></li>";
}
?>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="leftnews">
<h3>Popular news</h3>
<ul>
<?php
// $sql=select("news", array("id","name","category_id"), NULL,array("views","DESC"), 5);
$sql = $posts->view_news(array("id", "name", "category_id"), false, array("views", "DESC"), 5);
while ($rows_news = mysqli_fetch_array($sql)) {
echo "<li><a href='showpost.php?news=" . $rows_news['id'] . "'><img src='images/slide-2-86x86.jpg'></a>\n <div class='cont_2'><a href='showpost.php?news=" . $rows_news['id'] . "'><h5>" . $rows_news['name'] . "</h5><br></a>" . $categories[$rows_news['category_id']] . "</div></li>";
}
?>
</ul>
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</div>
</div>