PHP mySQL查询使用变量更新表中的行

Question

My PHP file contains the following function. It works when I set the review column to '$review' and the IdUser to 2. But I need to have the IdUser set to the variable $user. What is the correct syntax to set IdUser to the variable instead of a constant? (preferably in a way that avoids SQL injection attacks).

function addRatings2($review, $user) {  
    //try to insert a new row in the "ratings" table with the given UserID
    $result = query("UPDATE ratings SET review ='$review' WHERE IdUser = 2 order by dateTime desc limit 1");    
}

Answer 1

Hi the right syntax is to use

{$var} wherever you want the current value of var to appear, so in your case it would be

$result = query("UPDATE ratings SET review ='{$review}' WHERE IdUser = {$user}
order by dateTime desc limit 1");