    public function get_news_list($howmany) {
        $sql = 'SELECT id, subject, body, postedby, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(postdate) AS postdate
		FROM ' . TABLE_PREFIX .'news ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT '.$howmany;

        return DB::get_results($sql);
    }
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.