$sql = "SELECT propid,title,userid,timestamp,avgrank
        FROM proposals
        WHERE catid='$catID'
        ORDER BY timestamp DESC
        LIMIT 10";

$recentProp = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($sql));

while ($row = $recentProp) {
echo $row["title"];
}


--------- OR -----------

$sql = "SELECT propid,title,userid,timestamp,avgrank
        FROM proposals
        WHERE catid='$catID'
        ORDER BY timestamp DESC
        LIMIT 10";

$recentProp = mysql_query($sql);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($recentProp)) {
echo $row["title"];
}