How can PHP handle situations where certain characters or patterns in the text may affect the data extraction process?

When certain characters or patterns in the text may affect the data extraction process, PHP can use functions like `addslashes()` or `mysqli_real_escape_string()` to escape these characters before processing the text. This helps prevent SQL injection attacks and ensures that the data extraction process runs smoothly without any unexpected issues.

$text = "Some text with 'special' characters";
$escaped_text = addslashes($text);

// Now $escaped_text can be safely used in SQL queries or other data extraction processes
echo $escaped_text;