How can PHP developers prevent JSON from interpreting certain strings, such as HTML tags, incorrectly?

To prevent JSON from interpreting certain strings, such as HTML tags, incorrectly, PHP developers can use the `JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE` flag when encoding the data. This flag ensures that Unicode characters are not escaped in the output, allowing HTML tags to be preserved in their original form. 

$data = '<p>Hello, <strong>World</strong></p>';
$json = json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
echo $json;

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PHP JSON encoding htmlspecialchars escaping

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