comments.comment_post_ID) AS 'popular' FROM $wpdb->posts, $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND $wpdb->posts.ID=$wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_date < '$now' AND comment_status = 'open' GROUP BY $wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID ORDER BY popular DESC LIMIT $ap";
$posts = $wpdb->get_results($popularposts);
$popular = '';
if($posts){
foreach($posts as $post){
$post_title = stripslashes($post->post_title);
$post_date = stripslashes($post->post_date);
$comments = stripslashes($post->comment_count);
$guid = get_permalink($post->ID);
$popular .= '