What are the potential issues when copying text from Word into a PHP script?

When copying text from Word into a PHP script, potential issues may arise due to hidden formatting characters or special characters that are not visible. To solve this issue, it is recommended to paste the text into a plain text editor first to remove any unwanted formatting, and then copy the clean text into the PHP script. 

// Example PHP code snippet to clean text copied from Word before using it in a PHP script
$wordText = "Text copied from Word with hidden formatting characters";
$cleanText = strip_tags($wordText); // Remove any HTML tags
$cleanText = htmlspecialchars($cleanText); // Convert special characters to HTML entities
echo $cleanText;

Keywords

Word copy-paste formatting special characters encoding

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