function ai_ping_get($num = 1, $order = 'ASC')
{
global $wpdb;
if (strtolower($order) != 'desc') {
$order = 'ASC';
} else {
$order = 'DESC';
}
return $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->options} WHERE `option_name` LIKE '\\_vp\\_ai\\_ping\\_%%' ORDER BY `option_id` {$order} LIMIT %d", min(10, max(1, (int) $num))));
}