In what ways can PHP beginners avoid common mistakes when working with multiple tables and data relationships in a PHP program, as seen in the forum discussion?

Beginners can avoid common mistakes when working with multiple tables and data relationships in PHP by properly defining and understanding the relationships between tables, using JOIN queries effectively, and sanitizing user input to prevent SQL injection attacks. 

// Example of using JOIN query to fetch data from multiple tables
$query = "SELECT users.username, orders.order_id FROM users
          INNER JOIN orders ON users.user_id = orders.user_id";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        echo "Username: " . $row['username'] . " - Order ID: " . $row['order_id'] . "<br>";
    }
}

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SQL database relationships foreign keys normalization PHP frameworks

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