<?php

class ocmx_comment_widget extends WP_Widget {

    /** constructor */

    function ocmx_comment_widget() {

        parent::WP_Widget(false, $name = "OCMX Latest Comments", array("description" => "Display the Latest Comments"));	

    }

    /** @see WP_Widget::widget */

    function widget($args, $instance) {		

        extract( $args );

		global $wpdb;

        $comment_count = esc_attr($instance["comment_count"]);

		$latest_comments = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = 1 ORDER BY comment_date DESC LIMIT ".$comment_count, "ARRAY_A") );

?>      

		<li class="widget recent-comments">

			<div class="container-header-dark-normal"><span></span></div>

			<ul class="container-dark">

				<?php foreach($latest_comments as $latest_comment) : 

					$this_comment = get_comment($latest_comment->comment_ID);

					$use_id = $this_comment->comment_post_ID;

					$this_post = get_post($use_id); 

					$post_title = $this_post->post_title;

					$post_link = get_permalink($post->ID);

				?>

					<li class="clearfix">

						<a href="<?php echo get_comment_link($latest_comment->comment_ID); ?>" class="detail-image"><?php echo get_avatar($this_comment, 40 ); ?></a>

						<a href="<?php echo get_comment_link($latest_comment->comment_ID); ?>" class="detail-link">

							<span class="date"><?php echo date('F d Y', strtotime($latest_comment->comment_date)); ?> <?php echo date("H\:i a", strtotime($latest_comment->comment_date)); ?></span>

							<?php echo $post_title; ?>

						</a>

					</li>

				<?php endforeach; ?>

			</ul>

			<div class="container-footer-dark-normal"><span></span></div>

        </li>

<?php

    }

    /** @see WP_Widget::update */

    function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {

        return $new_instance;

    }

    /** @see WP_Widget::form */

    function form($instance) {

        $comment_count = 		esc_attr($instance["comment_count"]);

        ?>

            <p>

            	<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('comment_count'); ?>">Comment Count</label>

                <select size="1" class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('comment_count'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('comment_count'); ?>">

                	<?php for($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) : ?>

	                    <option <?php if($comment_count == $i) : ?>selected="selected"<?php endif; ?> value="<?php echo $i; ?>"><?php echo $i; ?></option>

                    <?php endfor; ?>

                </select>

			</p>

<?php 

	} // form

}// class

//This sample widget can then be registered in the widgets_init hook:

// register FooWidget widget

add_action('widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("ocmx_comment_widget");'));

?>