What are the potential pitfalls of creating a separate PHP file for each user's statistics page?

Creating a separate PHP file for each user's statistics page can lead to a large number of files to manage, which can become difficult to maintain and scale as the number of users grows. To solve this issue, you can use a single PHP file that dynamically generates the statistics page based on the user's ID passed through the URL parameters. 

<?php
// Assuming the user ID is passed through the URL parameters
$user_id = $_GET['user_id'];

// Fetch user statistics data based on the user ID
// This data can come from a database query or any other source
$user_statistics = getUserStatistics($user_id);

// Display the user statistics
echo "<h1>User Statistics for User ID: $user_id</h1>";
echo "<p>Total Points: " . $user_statistics['points'] . "</p>";
echo "<p>Level: " . $user_statistics['level'] . "</p>";

// Function to fetch user statistics data
function getUserStatistics($user_id) {
    // This function can contain database queries or any other logic to fetch user statistics
    // For demonstration purposes, we will return dummy data
    return [
        'points' => rand(1, 1000),
        'level' => rand(1, 10)
    ];
}
?>

Keywords

Security vulnerabilities code duplication scalability issues maintenance complexity performance degradation

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