Script: Phpbb Mod, Total Users Registered

<?php
/**
* ©2005 Craig lloyd. All rights reserved.
*
* Mod Title:   Total Registered Users
* Author:      Craig Lloyd
* Description: Shows total number of registered users
* Release:     v1.2, 10th May 2005
***
* Demo:                http://www.toxicsims.co.uk/ (stats box)
* Installation Level:  Easy
* Installation Time:   1 minute
* Files To Edit:       This one
* Included Files:      phpbb-totalusers.php
***
* Installation Notes:
* Upload this file and set $config,
* Include this into a page and your done!
*
* ----------------------[ HOW TO INSTALL ]----------------------------
* To display the total users, use the following code:
*
* readfile("http://www.YOURSITE.com/phpbb-totalusers.php");
*
* with the php tags! NOTE: you NEED to include the full url to the
* file including 'http://www.YOURSITE.com/' or it might not show!
*/
//----------------------[ EDIT THIS INFO ]------------------------------
$config = "forum/config.php";    // Path to the config.php file of your phpBB forum

//----------------[ DO NOT EDIT BELOW HERE ]-----------------------
include_once("$config");
$db = @mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpasswd") or die("cannot connect to host");
@mysql_select_db("$dbname",$db) or die("could not open database, connection to host ok");

$rows = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phpbb_users"));

$total = $rows-1;

echo "$total";

// end
?>