How can PHP developers protect against XSS attacks when using TinyMCE with text areas?

To protect against XSS attacks when using TinyMCE with text areas, PHP developers can sanitize the input before saving it to the database. This can be done by using functions like htmlspecialchars() to escape special characters and prevent malicious scripts from being executed. 

// Sanitize input before saving to the database
$text = htmlspecialchars($_POST['text']);

// Save sanitized text to the database
// $query = "INSERT INTO table (text) VALUES ('$text')";
// mysqli_query($connection, $query);

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PHP XSS attacks TinyMCE text areas security

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