How can PHP developers efficiently handle multiple WHERE conditions in a query, especially when they may vary in number and complexity?

Handling multiple WHERE conditions in a query can be efficiently done by dynamically building the WHERE clause based on the conditions provided. This can be achieved by using arrays to store the conditions and then imploding them into a string to be included in the query. By doing this, PHP developers can easily manage varying numbers and complexities of WHERE conditions. 

// Example of dynamically building WHERE conditions in a query

// Array to store conditions
$conditions = array();

// Add conditions based on certain criteria
if ($condition1) {
    $conditions[] = "column1 = 'value1'";
}

if ($condition2) {
    $conditions[] = "column2 > 5";
}

// Implode conditions array into a string
$whereClause = implode(" AND ", $conditions);

// Query with dynamically built WHERE clause
$query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE $whereClause";

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