How can PHP be used to handle form submissions and validate input fields effectively?

To handle form submissions and validate input fields effectively in PHP, you can use the $_POST superglobal to retrieve form data and then use conditional statements and functions like filter_var() to validate the input fields. Ensure that you sanitize user input to prevent SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. 

// Check if the form is submitted
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    // Retrieve form data
    $name = $_POST["name"];
    $email = $_POST["email"];
    
    // Validate input fields
    if (empty($name) || empty($email)) {
        echo "Please fill out all fields.";
    } else if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        echo "Invalid email format.";
    } else {
        // Sanitize input fields
        $name = htmlspecialchars($name);
        $email = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
        
        // Process form data
        // Your code here
    }
}

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