    public function popupnewsitem($id)
    {
        $query = 'SELECT *
                 FROM ' . TABLE_PREFIX .'news
                 WHERE id=' . DB::escape($id) . ' ';

        return DB::get_row($query);
    }
The software constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.