$sid = isset($_GET["sid"])?$_GET["sid"]:0; # get shout id (sid)and set it to zero for bool

  
    $sql =  "SELECT * FROM {$TABLE_PREFIX}chat WHERE id > ".$lastID." AND id != ".$sid." ORDER BY id DESC";
    $conn = his_getDBConnection(); # establishes the connection to the database
    $results = mysql_query($sql, $conn);