How can the use of htmlspecialchars in PHP impact the passing of numeric values like IDs?

When using htmlspecialchars in PHP to prevent cross-site scripting attacks, it can impact the passing of numeric values like IDs by converting special characters like '<' and '>' into their HTML entities. This can cause issues when passing numeric values as they may be incorrectly encoded. To solve this issue, you can use the intval function to explicitly convert the passed ID to an integer before using it in your code. 

$id = intval($_GET[&#039;id&#039;]);
// Use $id in your code securely

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