function posts_by_category() {

$number = "4";



	global $wpdb, $post;



	$tp = $wpdb->prefix;



	$pc_header = get_option('pc_header');



	$sort_code = 'ORDER BY name ASC, post_date DESC';

	$the_output = NULL;





	$last_posts = (array)$wpdb->get_results("

		SELECT {$tp}terms.name, {$tp}terms.term_id

		FROM {$tp}terms, {$tp}term_taxonomy

		WHERE {$tp}terms.term_id = {$number}

                AND {$tp}term_taxonomy.taxonomy = 'category'

		{$hide_check} 

	");



	if (empty($last_posts)) {

		return NULL;

	}



	$the_output .= stripslashes($ddle_header); 



	$used_cats = array();;

	$i = 0;

	foreach ($last_posts as $posts) {

		if (in_array($posts->name, $used_cats)) {

			unset($last_posts[$i]);

		} else {

			$used_cats[] = $posts->name;

		}

		$i++;

	}

	$last_posts = array_values($last_posts);



	foreach ($last_posts as $posts) {

$the_output .='<div class="col">';

	  $the_output .= '<h2>' . apply_filters('list_cats', $posts->name, $posts) . '</h2>';



          $where = apply_filters('getarchives_where', "WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish'" , $r );

    

 $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT *, COUNT( `ID` ) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND ID IN (Select object_id FROM {$tp}term_relationships, {$tp}terms WHERE {$tp}term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id ={$number}) GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0 , 5;");
		  
		//. $posts->term_id .

			$the_output .= '<ul class="latestmenu">';

	  foreach ( $arcresults as $arcresult ) {

	       $the_output .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($arcresult->ID) . '">' . apply_filters('the_title', $arcresult->post_title) . '</a></li>';

	   }

    

          $the_output .= '';

       }

       $the_output .= '</ul></div>';

       return $the_output;

}

function pc_generate($content) {

	$content = str_replace("<!-- postsbycategory -->", posts_by_category(), $content);

	return $content;

}