How can the issue of incorrect output encoding, such as UTF-8 characters, be addressed in PHP scripts?

Issue: To address the problem of incorrect output encoding, especially with UTF-8 characters, in PHP scripts, you can set the correct character encoding using the header() function before any output is sent to the browser. This ensures that the browser interprets the content correctly.

<?php
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
?>