You don't need to manually open a connection. Use Joomla or CB API to perform database queries. An example using CB API as follows. For Joomla API please review Joomlas documentation.
Your usage also had no escaping, which is a vulnerability. Please review my example carefully for proper usage. Please also keep in mind you're using "eval" usage of the PHP method, which not all hosts have enabled so you may want to try "create_function" usage instead. Be sure debug mode and maximum error reporting are enabled within Joomla global configuration so if your code errors you'll be able to see what happened.
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