How can PHP developers ensure that their data is stored in the correct Unicode format, such as Chinese characters, when writing and reading from XML files?

PHP developers can ensure that their data is stored in the correct Unicode format, such as Chinese characters, when writing and reading from XML files by setting the encoding to UTF-8. This can be done by specifying the encoding in the XML declaration and using functions like utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() when working with the data. 

// Set the encoding to UTF-8 in the XML declaration
$xml = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');

// Convert data to UTF-8 when writing to XML file
$data = utf8_encode($data);

// Read data from XML file and decode from UTF-8
$data = utf8_decode($xml->getElementsByTagName('element')->item(0)->nodeValue);

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