How can PHP beginners avoid errors related to MySQL queries and result fetching?

Beginners can avoid errors related to MySQL queries and result fetching by using prepared statements to prevent SQL injection attacks and by properly handling errors during query execution and result fetching. Additionally, beginners should always sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries to prevent unexpected behavior. 

// Example of using prepared statements to avoid SQL injection and error handling in PHP
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Prepare a SQL statement
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $username);

// Execute the statement
$stmt->execute();

// Get the result
$result = $stmt->get_result();

// Fetch the data
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    // Process the data
}

// Close the statement and connection
$stmt->close();
$conn->close();

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PHP MySQL queries result fetching errors

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