How can the issue of the script not saving longer source code text be addressed in PHP, especially when certain HTML tags seem to affect the saving process?

Issue: To address the problem of the script not saving longer source code text in PHP, especially when certain HTML tags affect the saving process, one solution is to use the `htmlspecialchars` function to encode the text before saving it to the database. This function converts special characters to HTML entities, preventing any interference with the HTML tags.

// Assuming $sourceCodeText contains the source code text to be saved

$encodedSourceCode = htmlspecialchars($sourceCodeText);

// Save $encodedSourceCode to the database