What are the potential pitfalls of using hardcoded values for days of the week in the PHP script?

Using hardcoded values for days of the week in a PHP script can lead to maintenance issues if the days ever need to be changed or localized. To solve this issue, it's better to use PHP's built-in date functions to dynamically get the current day of the week. 

// Get the current day of the week dynamically
$currentDayOfWeek = date('N');

// Use a switch statement to handle different actions based on the day of the week
switch($currentDayOfWeek) {
    case 1:
        echo "Today is Monday";
        break;
    case 2:
        echo "Today is Tuesday";
        break;
    case 3:
        echo "Today is Wednesday";
        break;
    case 4:
        echo "Today is Thursday";
        break;
    case 5:
        echo "Today is Friday";
        break;
    case 6:
        echo "Today is Saturday";
        break;
    case 7:
        echo "Today is Sunday";
        break;
}

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