How can special characters like ", ä, ü, ö, ß be handled effectively in PHP forms to ensure correct display and editing of entries?

Special characters like ", ä, ü, ö, ß can be effectively handled in PHP forms by setting the correct character encoding, such as UTF-8, in both the HTML form and the PHP script that processes the form data. This ensures that the special characters are properly displayed and stored in the database. Additionally, using functions like htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities() can help prevent any security vulnerabilities related to special characters in form inputs. 

// Set UTF-8 encoding in HTML form
<form accept-charset="UTF-8">
  <!-- form fields here -->
</form>

// Set UTF-8 encoding in PHP script
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');

// Process form data
$input = $_POST['input_field'];
$input = htmlspecialchars($input, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
// Further processing or storing the data

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PHP special characters form handling UTF-8 htmlentities

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