for ($a = 65; $a < (65 + 26); ++$a) {
        $letterlinks             = [];
        $initial                 = uchr($a);
        $sql                     = $xoopsDB->query('SELECT init FROM ' . $xoopsDB->prefix('lxentries') . " WHERE init = '$initial' AND datesub < '" . time() . "' AND datesub > '0' AND offline= '0' AND submit='0' AND request='0' " . $catperms . ' ');
        $howmany                 = $xoopsDB->getRowsNum($sql);