How can PHP developers ensure data integrity when passing form data between pages?

To ensure data integrity when passing form data between pages, PHP developers can use server-side validation to sanitize and validate the input data before processing it further. This helps prevent security vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. 

// Example code for sanitizing form data before processing
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $username = filter_var($_POST["username"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
    $email = filter_var($_POST["email"], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
    
    // Validate email format
    if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        // Handle invalid email format
    }
    
    // Process the sanitized and validated data
}

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