error in php code - cant find it

[mpc123]

HI my code has an error of -

Unexpected character in input: ' in url/database.php on line 9
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in url/database.php on line 9

line 9 is $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

Can anybody tell me what the problem is please

<?php
require_once 'config.php';

$dbConn = mysql_connect ($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass) or die ('MySQL connect failed. ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($dbName) or die('Cannot select database. ' . mysql_error());

function dbQuery($sql)
{
	$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
	
	return $result;
}

function dbAffectedRows()
{
	global $dbConn;
	
	return mysql_affected_rows($dbConn);
}

function dbFetchArray($result, $resultType = MYSQL_NUM) {
	return mysql_fetch_array($result, $resultType);
}

function dbFetchAssoc($result)
{
	return mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
}

function dbFetchRow($result) 
{
	return mysql_fetch_row($result);
}

function dbFreeResult($result)
{
	return mysql_free_result($result);
}

function dbNumRows($result)
{
	return mysql_num_rows($result);
}

function dbSelect($dbName)
{
	return mysql_select_db($dbName);
}

function dbInsertId()
{
	return mysql_insert_id();
}
?>

Hey...

require_once 'config.php';

goes between ()

require_once('config.php');

[wamt]

This is logical error. The sql you passed to this function has some special characters. You need to use addslashes function for all the input data used in that sql.

[qazplm114477]

how are you calling dbQuery($sql) ?

there may be something wrong with the string you passed into db_query.

you can also test the db_query function by entering a simple query like

db_query("select * from table");

just to test if it's the function that's causing the problem or something else