What are the potential pitfalls of using SELECT statements with conditional logic, such as the example provided in the forum thread?

One potential pitfall of using SELECT statements with conditional logic is the risk of SQL injection attacks if user input is not properly sanitized. To solve this issue, it is recommended to use prepared statements with parameterized queries to prevent malicious SQL injection attempts. 

// Example of using prepared statements with parameterized queries to prevent SQL injection attacks

// Assuming $conn is the database connection object

// User input
$user_input = $_POST['user_input'];

// Prepare the SQL query with a placeholder for the user input
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $user_input);

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

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

// Loop through the results
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    // Process the results
}

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

Keywords

SELECT statements conditional logic SQL injection prepared statements data validation

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