php mysqli error on some browsers only - php

Question

I am getting this error on only some browsers and I am not sure why. I am hoping this is a simple fix. It sounds like it should be. Here is the error and below that is the code.
warning : mysqli_fetch_array expects parameters 1 to mysqli_result, boolean given in /home/content/yada/html/myapp/main.php on line 71
By the way, this is line 71:
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
and below is the full code
$type = $_POST[type];
$user="theUser";
$password="thePassword";
$database="theDatabase";
$TABLE = "user";
#mysql_connect("mydb.com",$user,$password);
#mysql_select_db($database) or die("Unable to select database");
if($_POST[type]) {
$query = "UPDATE $TABLE
SET type = $type
WHERE fbId = $id";
if(mysql_query($query)) {
//echo "Settings saved successfully!";
} else {
echo ("MySQL Error: ".mysql_error());
}
}
$con=mysqli_connect('localhost',"$user","$password","$database");
// Check connection
if(mysqli_connect_errno($con)) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM $TABLE WHERE fbID = $id");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
$currentType = $row['type'];
//echo $currentType;
}
if ($result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM $TABLE WHERE fbID = $id", MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)) {
//echo "True";
//mysqli_free_result($result);
}

Answer 1

Use
echo mysqli_error($con);
to show the error MySQL server gives when executing the SQL query on line 71. This will reveal what is wrong with the query.