$lnk = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password') 
       or die ('Not connected : ' . mysql_error()); 

// сделать foo текущей базой данных 
mysql_select_db('mp3', $lnk) or die ('Can\'t use foo : ' .
mysql_error()); 

$result = mysql_query('SELECT lid, title FROM slaed_music ORDER BY lid DESC
LIMIT 5') 
    or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error()); 

while(list($lid, $title, $performer) = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) { 
    $linkstrip = cutstr($title, $strip, $performer); 
    $content .= "<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\"
border=\"0\"><tr><td><img src=\"images/blocks/Audio.gif\"
title=\"$title\"></td><td><a
href=\"mp3/index.php?name=music&op=view_music&lid=$lid\"
title=\"$title\" target=_blank>$linkstrip</a></td></tr></table>"; 

} 

$content .= "</td></tr></table>"; 
mysql_close($lnk);

$content .= "<td valign=\"top\">";

$lnk = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password')
      or die ('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());


mysql_select_db('mp3', $lnk) or die ('Can\'t use foo : ' . mysql_error());

$result = mysql_query('SELECT lid, title, performer FROM slaed_music ORDER BY lid DESC LIMIT 5')
or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error());

while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM)) {

//$titlestrip = cutstr($performer, $strip);
$content .= "<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><img src=\"images/blocks/Audio.gif\" title=\"$row[1]\"></td><td><a href=\"mp3/index.php?name=music&op=view_music&lid=$row[0]\" title=\"$row[1]\" target=_blank>$titlestrip $row[1]</a></td></tr></table>";

}

mysql_close($lnk);