How can special characters impact file path handling in PHP?

Special characters in file paths can cause issues in PHP as they can be misinterpreted or cause errors when trying to access or manipulate files. To solve this issue, it is recommended to properly sanitize and escape file paths before using them in PHP functions to ensure they are correctly interpreted. 

$filePath = '/path/to/file/with/special/characters.txt';
$escapedFilePath = escapeshellarg($filePath);

// Now you can safely use $escapedFilePath in PHP functions

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Special characters file path handling PHP impact error types

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