Are there any common pitfalls to avoid when implementing member entry and retrieval functionality in PHP?

One common pitfall to avoid when implementing member entry and retrieval functionality in PHP is not properly sanitizing user input, which can leave your application vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. To prevent this, always use prepared statements when interacting with your database to ensure that user input is properly escaped. 

// Example of using prepared statements to insert member data into a database

// Assuming $conn is your database connection

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];

$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO members (name, email) VALUES (?, ?)");
$stmt->bind_param("ss", $name, $email);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->close();
```

```php
// Example of using prepared statements to retrieve member data from a database

// Assuming $conn is your database connection

$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT name, email FROM members WHERE id = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("i", $member_id);
$member_id = $_GET['id'];
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($name, $email);

while ($stmt->fetch()) {
    echo "Name: $name, Email: $email";
}

$stmt->close();

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