Miscellany

<?php	

	function getPosts(){
		include ('db.php');
		$query = "SELECT id, title, entry, DATE_FORMAT(date, '%M %d, %Y') as entrydate FROM root_blog";
		$result = mysql_query($query);

		if ($result) {
			while ($data = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
				echo $data['title'];
				echo $data['entry'];
				echo $data['entrydate'];
			}
		} else {
			echo 'Unable to retrieve entries from database.';
		}
	}

	getPosts();

?>