How can PHP developers ensure that HTML values are properly escaped to prevent security vulnerabilities?

To prevent security vulnerabilities, PHP developers can ensure that HTML values are properly escaped by using functions like htmlspecialchars() to encode special characters in the HTML output. This helps prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by rendering the HTML tags as plain text rather than executing them. 

<?php
// Example of properly escaping HTML values using htmlspecialchars
$htmlValue = "<script>alert('XSS attack');</script>";
echo htmlspecialchars($htmlValue, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
?>

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