Mysql Date_format错误

Question

I always get this error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /myroot/public_html/test.php on line 5
This is what the 5th line looks like:

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT date_format(active,'%a/%b/%Y') AS active FROM members")  
or die mysql_error();  

I can't find anything wrong with the code as i copied it from another stackoverflow question
Here's the whole script:
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT date_format(active,'%a/%b/%Y') AS active FROM members")
or die mysql_error();
while ($results = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)) {
$date = $results["active"];
$user = $results["user"];
}

Answer 1

This is a PHP error but anyway.. Try changing

or die mysql_error();

to

or die (mysql_error());

Edit (forgot the obligatory 'don't use mysql_*' so here it is):
And please don't use the mysql_ functions in new code, they are deprecated.