How can PHP developers ensure proper redirection with special characters in URLs?

When working with URLs that contain special characters, PHP developers can ensure proper redirection by using the `urlencode()` function to encode the special characters before redirecting the user. This will prevent any issues with the URL parsing and ensure that the redirection works correctly.

$url = "https://example.com/page?param1=value1&param2=value2";
$encoded_url = urlencode($url);
header("Location: $encoded_url");
exit();