What potential issues can arise when using special characters in filenames with PHP, especially when generating download links for Internet Explorer?

Special characters in filenames can cause issues when generating download links for Internet Explorer because IE does not handle special characters well in URLs. To solve this problem, you can encode the filename using PHP's urlencode() function before including it in the download link. This will ensure that the filename is properly formatted for the URL and will be correctly interpreted by Internet Explorer. 

<?php
$filename = "Special_Character_File.txt";
$encoded_filename = urlencode($filename);

echo "<a href='download.php?file=$encoded_filename'>Download File</a>";
?>

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