query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM articles")->fetchColumn();
$comments = (int)db()->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments")->fetchColumn();
$categories = (int)db()->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM categories")->fetchColumn();
$tags = (int)db()->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags")->fetchColumn();
$views = (int)db()->query("SELECT COALESCE(SUM(views),0) FROM articles")->fetchColumn();
$recent = db()->query("SELECT a.id, a.title, a.created_at, c.name AS cat FROM articles a LEFT JOIN categories c ON a.category_id=c.id ORDER BY a.created_at DESC LIMIT 8")->fetchAll();
?>