How can the use of special characters in table names or column names impact PHP scripts that interact with a database?

Special characters in table names or column names can cause issues when interacting with a database in PHP scripts. To avoid problems, it's best to avoid using special characters in table or column names. If you already have tables or columns with special characters, you can use backticks (`) around the table and column names in your SQL queries to ensure they are properly interpreted by the database. 

// Example of using backticks in SQL queries to handle special characters in table or column names
$tableName = 'my_table';
$columnName = 'my_column';

$sql = "SELECT `$columnName` FROM `$tableName` WHERE id = 1";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);

// Process the query result

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