What are some potential pitfalls when trying to display ASCII art using PHP?

One potential pitfall when trying to display ASCII art using PHP is that the art may not render correctly due to special characters or spacing issues. To solve this, you can use the htmlspecialchars function in PHP to encode special characters and ensure proper rendering of the ASCII art. 

<?php
$asciiArt = "
  _______
< Hello! >
  -------
         \\
          \\
            ^__^
            (oo)\\_______
            (__)\\       )\\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
";

echo "<pre>" . htmlspecialchars($asciiArt) . "</pre>";
?>

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PHP ASCII art display rendering characters

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