How can the issue of backslashes being added to data during file editing in PHP be resolved effectively?

Issue: When editing data in files using PHP, backslashes are sometimes added unintentionally, leading to formatting issues or errors. This can be resolved effectively by using the stripslashes() function to remove any backslashes from the data before saving it back to the file.

// Read data from file
$data = file_get_contents('data.txt');

// Remove backslashes from data
$data = stripslashes($data);

// Update data in file
file_put_contents('data.txt', $data);