SSI.php help needed

[Jonosss]

hello im running an SMF forum
i need to modify some of the things that show in my SSI
but i dont know the right php commands
i want my banner to show in the ssi but i dont know what script to use to get the linked image to show without using a mysql database query because my database is recognizing my banner and i just want it show show an image the equivalent of the html

code:

<a href="xxx"><img scr="xxxx"></a>

within the ssi.php <?php> brackets

heres the relevant part of my code someone please help

code:

function ssi_banners() {         global $db_prefix;         if (!allowedTo('can_see_banners'))                 return;         $request = db_query("SELECT ID_BANNER, IMAGEURL, ALTTEXT, REDIRECT, WINDOW FROM {$db_prefix}banners WHERE ZONE = 'main' ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1", __FILE__, __LINE__);         list ($bid, $image, $alt, $url, $target) = mysql_fetch_row($request);         if ($bid)         echo '<a href="index.php?action=bandirect;id=' . $bid . '" target="' . $target . '"><img border="0" alt="' . $alt . '" src="' . $image . '"></a>';         mysql_free_result($request); } ?>

thanks,
jonosss