How can the use of urlencode and rawurlencode functions help in resolving issues related to spaces in file and folder paths in PHP?

When dealing with file and folder paths in PHP, spaces can cause issues because they are not valid characters in URLs. To resolve this problem, you can use the urlencode or rawurlencode functions to encode the spaces in the paths, making them URL-safe.

// Example code using urlencode to encode spaces in a file path
$file_path = "/path/to/my file.txt";
$encoded_file_path = urlencode($file_path);

// Example code using rawurlencode to encode spaces in a folder path
$folder_path = "/path/to/my folder with spaces";
$encoded_folder_path = rawurlencode($folder_path);