Consulta MySQL com base na entrada do usuário

// Read input from $_POST
$uid = (isset($_POST['uid']) ? $_POST['uid'] : '');

// Build query.  Properly escape input data.
$query = 
  "SELECT name,age " .
  "FROM people " .
  "WHERE uid = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($uid) . "' " . 
  "LIMIT 0,1";