Are there any best practices for ensuring that dynamic XML content generated by PHP is displayed correctly in browsers?

When generating dynamic XML content in PHP, it is important to ensure that the content is properly formatted to be displayed correctly in browsers. One common issue is that special characters in the XML content may not be properly escaped, leading to display errors. To solve this, you can use the htmlspecialchars() function to escape special characters before outputting the XML content. 

<?php
// Generate dynamic XML content
$xmlContent = "<data><name>John Doe</name><age>30</age></data>";

// Escape special characters in XML content
$xmlContent = htmlspecialchars($xmlContent);

// Set the Content-Type header to specify XML content
header('Content-Type: application/xml');

// Output the XML content
echo $xmlContent;
?>

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PHP XML browser compatibility DOMDocument XSLT

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