What are the potential pitfalls of not properly defining PHP variables when interacting with HTML forms?

Potential pitfalls of not properly defining PHP variables when interacting with HTML forms include security vulnerabilities such as SQL injection attacks and unexpected behavior due to uninitialized variables. To avoid these issues, always sanitize and validate user input before using it in your PHP code. 

// Example of properly defining PHP variables when interacting with HTML forms
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
$email = isset($_POST['email']) ? $_POST['email'] : '';
$message = isset($_POST['message']) ? $_POST['message'] : '';

// Sanitize and validate input before using it in your code
$name = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$email = filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
$message = filter_var($message, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

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