How can urlencode function help in resolving issues with file_get_contents in PHP?

When using file_get_contents in PHP to fetch a URL, special characters in the URL can cause issues. To resolve this, you can use the urlencode function to properly encode the URL before passing it to file_get_contents. This ensures that special characters are encoded correctly and the URL is fetched without any issues. 

$url = 'http://example.com/?name=John Doe';
$encoded_url = urlencode($url);
$data = file_get_contents($encoded_url);

echo $data;

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