Thanks! That would not have been a "real" prepared statement in my mindset so I get why I was confused. I don't feel super smart, but wouldn't I simply make s

Thanks! That would not have been a "real" prepared statement in my mindset so I get why I was confused. I don't feel super smart, but wouldn't I simply make sure that $column is a valid column (ok, that one might need extra attention) and $direction would be either ASC or DESC and that $offset and $count are integers?