How can the "&" operator in a URL be properly handled in PHP to avoid truncation of the URL?

When using the "&" operator in a URL in PHP, it can cause truncation of the URL because PHP interprets it as a separator for query parameters. To properly handle the "&" operator in a URL, you can use the urlencode() function to encode the "&" as "%26". This will ensure that the URL is not truncated and the "&" is treated as a regular character. 

$url = 'https://example.com/page.php?param1=value1&param2=value2';
$encoded_url = str_replace('&', '%26', $url);

echo $encoded_url;

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PHP URL ampersand operator URL encoding truncation

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