Is there a better, more “Standard” way to perform SQL queries in PHP without using a framework?

Question

For the longest time, I\'ve been using the following basic formatting for SQL queries within my PHP:

$sql = \"SELECT * FROM `user-data` WHERE `id` = \'\".$id.\"\         


        

Answer 1

Maybe it would make you a little happier at least to use PHP's string variable substitution:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM `user-data` WHERE `id` = '$id' LIMIT 1;";