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-Here, $dbh is a static handle so if it has already been instantiated, it can be reused throughout the entire execution of the script -- likewise with $result. db_connect() is another wrapper that connects to the database and db_error() is a wrapper to handle database errors gracefully (and silently) - we will not go into that right now, assume it works for the example. This ultimately lets us to reduce the code:
+Here, $dbh is a static handle so if it has already been instantiated, it can be reused for concurrent calls of the query function -- likewise with $result. db_connect() is another wrapper that connects to the database and db_error() is a wrapper to handle database errors gracefully (and silently) - we will not go into that right now, assume it works for the example. This ultimately lets us to reduce the code:
   $sql_result = db_query("SELECT * FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.id");