$db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename';
$DBConnectionString = parse_url($db_url);
 
$dbUser = $DBConnectionString['user'];
$dbPass = $DBConnectionString['pass'];
$dbHost = $DBConnectionString['host'];
$dbName = basename($DBConnectionString['path']);

<?php
/<em> include wordpress API </em>/
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>

<?php
global $post;
$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 3 );
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $myposts as $post ) :	setup_postdata($post); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><br />
<?php endforeach; ?>

/**
<ul>
 * A function used to programmatically create a post in WordPress. The slug, author ID, and title
 * are defined within the context of the function.
 *
 * @returns -1 if the post was never created, -2 if a post with the same title exists, or the ID
 *          of the post if successful.
 */
</ul>
function programmatically_create_post() {
 
	// Initialize the page ID to -1. This indicates no action has been taken.
	$post_id = -1;
 
	// Setup the author, slug, and title for the post
	$author_id = 1;
	$slug = 'example-post';
	$title = 'My Example Post';
 
	// If the page doesn't already exist, then create it
	if( null == get_page_by_title( $title ) ) {
 
		// Set the post ID so that we know the post was created successfully
		$post_id = wp_insert_post(
			array(
				'comment_status'	=>	'closed',
				'ping_status'		=>	'closed',
				'post_author'		=>	$author_id,
				'post_name'		=>	$slug,
				'post_title'		=>	$title,
				'post_status'		=>	'publish',
				'post_type'		=>	'post'
			)
		);
 
	// Otherwise, we'll stop
	} else {
 
    		// Arbitrarily use -2 to indicate that the page with the title already exists
    		$post_id = -2;
 
	} // end if
 
} // end programmatically_create_post
add_filter( 'after_setup_theme', 'programmatically_create_post' );
 
 
$post_id = programmatically_create_post()
if( -1 == $post_id || -2 == $post_id ) {
   // The post wasn't created or the page already exists
} // end if