<?php
$comments = db_query("
  SELECT nid, comment, timestamp, name
  FROM {comments}
  WHERE status = 1
  ORDER BY cid DESC
  LIMIT 0, 5
");
 
$html = '';
while ($comment = db_fetch_object($comments)) {
  $html .= '<li>';
  $html .= l(format_date($comment->timestamp, 'small'), 'node/' . $comment->nid) . ', '; // дата
  $html .= '<b>' . check_plain($comment->name) . '</b>:<br />'; // автор
  $html .= check_plain(drupal_substr(strip_tags($comment->comment), 0, 50)); // комментарий
  $html .= '</li>';
}
 
echo $html ? '<ul>' . $html . '</ul>' : 'пусто…';
?>