Are there any potential pitfalls to be aware of when using PHP to modify links automatically?

One potential pitfall when using PHP to modify links automatically is not properly sanitizing user input, which could lead to security vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. To prevent this, always validate and sanitize any user input before using it to modify links. 

// Example of sanitizing user input before modifying links
$link = $_GET['link'] ?? ''; // Get link from user input, default to empty string if not provided
$sanitizedLink = filter_var($link, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL); // Sanitize link input
echo "<a href='$sanitizedLink'>Modified Link</a>"; // Output modified link

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PHP link modification URL parsing regular expressions error handling

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