What are the potential pitfalls of using prepared statements in PHP for updating database records that involve arithmetic operations?

When using prepared statements in PHP for updating database records that involve arithmetic operations, a potential pitfall is that placeholders cannot be used for arithmetic operations directly. To solve this issue, you can bind the variables for the arithmetic operations separately from the prepared statement and then execute the query with the calculated values. 

// Example of updating a database record with arithmetic operations using prepared statements

// Assume $conn is the database connection object

// Define variables for arithmetic operations
$value1 = 10;
$value2 = 5;

// Calculate the new value
$newValue = $value1 + $value2;

// Prepare the SQL statement with placeholders for the new value
$stmt = $conn->prepare("UPDATE table_name SET column_name = ? WHERE id = ?");

// Bind the new value and record ID separately
$stmt->bind_param("ii", $newValue, $recordId);

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

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

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prepared statements PHP database records arithmetic operations SQL injection

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