help with php code

[The Major]

I am trying to get this php code to work in a header. It spits it out after the title condition. Works fine outside of the vbull enviro. www.majorwager.com/testhead.php if someone could correct it for me it would be greatly appreciated.


<?

$conf['dbName'] = '****r';
$conf['dbHost'] = '*****l';
$conf['dbUser'] = '****';
$conf['dbPass'] = '*****';


$dbcon = mysql_connect($conf['dbHost'], $conf['dbUser'], $conf['dbPass']);
mysql_select_db($conf['dbName'], $dbcon);


if (!$dbcon) {
die('Connection error: ' . mysql_error());
}


$sql = '
SELECT
rowid,
title,
descript,
show_descr,
url,
casinotype,
advertiser,
link_url,
weight,
rating,
short_form,
insured
FROM
sponsors
WHERE
rating = \'0\'
AND
hide = \'0\'
AND
title <> \'\'
AND
advertiser = \'1\'
AND
url <> \'\'
AND
link_url = \'1\'
ORDER BY
weight desc, lower(short_form)
';


?>

<!--- Sportsbook links query --->
<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 1px 0px 1px;background:#000000" align="center">

<tr>

<td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/images/company_logos/mw_arrow_left.gif" border="0" width="32" height="71"></td>

<td valign="middle" align="center" class="sportsbooks_links">
<span class="sportsbooks_links">
<?
$res = mysql_query($sql, $dbcon);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($res))
{
?>
<img src="/images/company_logos/mw_bullet.gif" border="0" width="4" height="7">
&nbsp;<a class="sportsbooks_links"
href="<?=stripslashes($row['url'])?>"
target="_blank"
title="<?=stripslashes($row['short_form'])?>">
<span class="sportsbooks_links"><?=stripslashes($row['short_form'])?></span></a>

<?
}
?>
</span></td>

<td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/images/company_logos/mw_arrow_right.gif" border="0" width="32" height="71"></td>

</tr>

</table>