Pull post links from outside of WordPress folder

When I try the require heading, I get errors because it doesn’t recognize things like the function file, etc.

I should say that the page that I am trying to inject wordpress into is fully created (header, content, footer, etc). I am simply trying to get a portion of code to list “related posts”…. but because it is not within the wordpress folder I can’t simply use a widget.

Thoughts?

but when I use “require(‘/the/path/to/your/wp-blog-header.php’);” (with the correct path) it gives errors, not recognizing syntax…

yes, a php file with a variable passed via GET

After a long search I found it:

<?php
if (! isset($wp_did_header)):
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php') ) {
	if (strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'wp-admin') !== false) $path = '';
	else $path = 'wp-admin/';
require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/functions.php');
require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-includes/plugin.php');
wp_die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file.
I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>.
You can <a href='{$path}setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.", "WordPress &rsaquo; Error");
}
$wp_did_header = true;
require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php');
wp();
gzip_compression();
require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template-loader.php');
endif;
?>

Although, with this, I am getting an error: “Fatal error: Call to undefined function register_sidebar() in…”

When I remove the functions.php and plugin.php references, I then get the error: “Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_die() in”

Pretty much ready to quit. There has to be a better work around… maybe just directly calling the wp-config?