In what ways can the choice of editor, such as a WYSIWYG (javascriptEditor), impact the handling of code and potential issues with character additions in PHP?

When using a WYSIWYG editor, it may inadvertently add special characters or formatting that can cause issues in PHP code execution. To solve this problem, one can use the PHP `htmlspecialchars()` function to convert special characters to HTML entities, ensuring that the code is properly interpreted by the server. 

// Example of using htmlspecialchars() to handle special characters in PHP code
$unsafe_input = $_POST['user_input']; // Input from form submission
$safe_input = htmlspecialchars($unsafe_input);
echo $safe_input; // Output sanitized input

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editor choice WYSIWYG JavaScript editor character additions PHP handling

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