extend issue.php

<?php

//--------------------------------------- Preperation
require('includes/h2o.php');
require('includes/config.php');
require('includes/functions.php');

db_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname);

// Start: Get settings
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM settings");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
    $settings[$row['settings_name']] = $row['settings_value'];	
}

// End: Get settings

$h2o = new h2o('templates/archive.html');

//--------------------------------------- Main Script

$site_name = $settings['site_name'];

# Fetch category
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categories");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
    $list_categories[] = $row;	
}

# render
echo $h2o->render(compact('list_categories', 'site_name'));
?>