What problem are you trying to solve?
"Active Links" is not a boolean operator.
It will be how many active links php has (or thinks it has) to a mysql server.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...e+Links+5%2 2
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...e+Links+6%2 2
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...e+Links+7%2 2